The Little I Knew - Couverture souple

Valerio, Chiara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1068693487 ISBN 13 : 9781068693489

Editeur : Foundry Editions, 2025

Synopsis

The Bestselling Italian Phenomenon

Shortlisted for the Premio Strega

In Scauri, an end of the line seaside town forty miles or so from Rome, Vittoria dies unexpectedly in her bath. Whilst the townsfolk meet the event with sad but respectful southern Italian silence, Lea, the town lawyer, wants to investigate. Who was Vittoria, what were her secrets, why had she mysteriously arrived in Scauri thirty years earlier? And was her relationship with Lea all that it seemed?

In this unforgettable portrait of a small town and the women who live there, reverberations from the past catch up with present. Through the silences, Vittoria’s story is revealed and everything - passions, emotions, and relationships - changes forever.

'A beguiling, atmospheric story of female fascinations.' – SARAH WATERS, author of The Little Stranger

'Enigmatic and beguiling, precise and unsettling.' –OLIVIA LAING, author of The Garden Against Time

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

AUTHOR: CHIARA VALERIO was born in Scauri in 1978 and lives in Rome. She has published essays, novels, short stories, including: La gioia piccola d’esser quasi salvi (2009), Spiaggia libera tutti (2010), Il cuore non si vede (2019), La matematica è politica (2020), Nessuna scuola mi consola (2021), Così per sempre (2022), La tecnologia è religione (2023).

TRANSLATOR: AILSA WOOD is a translator from Italian and French. Her work on Stefano Benni’s monologues from Le Beatrice was the winner of the prestigious John Dryden Translation Prize in 2022.  Besides her work as a literary translator, she works across various related sectors including wine and tourism. Ailsa has an M.A. in Literary Translation (with Distinction) from the University of East Anglia and lives in Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Foundry Editions
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1068693487
• ISBN 13: 9781068693489
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible