{"product_id":"spatriati-paperback","title":"Spatriati - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Desiati\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael F. Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing two outcasts' tumultuous friendship, this brilliant, Strega Prize-winning novel captures the probing, passionate nature of a generation of global citizens, exploring sexuality and identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI never understood, of the two of us, which one was warm and which cold, but I consider myself lucky to have met my opposite front in Claudia Fanelli, the \u003c\/i\u003espatriata\u003ci\u003e, the name people around here use for the uncertain, the odd, the unclassifiable and sometimes the shiftless or orphans, as well as unmarried men or women, vagrants and vagabonds, or even, in the case that concerns us, the emancipated.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaudia enters Francesco's life on a sunny morning, in the school's entrance hall: it's a bolt of lightning, the birth of an entirely new kind of desire, which is, above all, the desire for life. Claudia is peerless and self-assured, extravagant; Francesco is introverted, burning with erotic curiosity, dominated by rustic faith, uncertain. She provokes him: \"Did you know that your mother and my father were lovers?\" But in the eyes of that meek boy, she glimpses a spark of rebellion: she sees herself in him. They become adults together, in a symbiotic game of escape and pursuit, in which they always end up finding each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMario Desiati captures the complexities of a fluid, uprooted generation: his own. A generation around forty years old today, who weren't afraid to stray far from home to find their place in the world, who truly feel like citizens of Europe. With a poetic yet biting style, capable of great tenderness, Desiati depicts the myriad forms that desire can assume when given free rein. Without any fear of plucking the chords of romanticism, without any false modesty as he delves into the coarsest details of sensuality and instinct.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Desiati\u003c\/b\u003e, originally from Martina, Italy, is the author of eleven novels, including his English debut, \u003ci\u003eSpatriati\u003c\/i\u003e, which received Italy's most prestigious literary award, the Strega Prize. His novel \u003ci\u003eIl paese delle spose infelici\u003c\/i\u003e is the basis of Pippo Mezzapesa's film of the same name; his novel \u003ci\u003eTernitti\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Strega Prize. His books have been translated into six languages. He lives in Apulia, Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael F. Moore \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning translator, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eThe Betrothed\u003c\/i\u003e, by Alessandro Manzoni, hailed as a landmark literary event. His translations range from twentieth-century classics--\u003ci\u003eAgostino\u003c\/i\u003e by Alberto Moravia and \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned and the Saved\u003c\/i\u003e by Primo Levi--to contemporary novels, including \u003ci\u003eLive Bait\u003c\/i\u003e, by Fabio Genovesi. Moore is the former chair of the PEN\/Heim Translation Fund and has a PhD in Italian from New York University. For many years he was also an interpreter at the United Nations and a full-time staff member of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773734748448,"sku":"9781635424034","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b8b28313a20fc81bece0ff883863b5d_05cc242c-b3e1-45d6-aa94-83010cc06f49.webp?v=1780431582","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spatriati-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}