Gravity - Couverture souple

D'Adamo, Ada

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1836750145 ISBN 13 : 9781836750147

Editeur : Akoya Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

A mother, her daughter, and a love stronger than life.

WINNER OF ITALY’S STREGA PRIZE

Now that you’ve grown and I’ve fallen ill, our bodies can no longer fit together.

Ada d’Adamo is mother to Daria. Their days are absorbed by caregiving and routine. Daria’s profound needs remained undetected in pregnancy, and with her birth, Ada’s world is remade.

As a dancer she must use her physicality in new ways, to keep her daughter safe. As a writer she must find a language to communicate beyond words. And when, on the cusp of her fifties, Ada herself becomes gravely ill, she takes the most courageous decision of all: to leave Daria their story.

‘A magical book… a caress, a breath of air, a gigantic love story’ La Stampa

‘A book about pain is successful when it is also a book full of happiness. And Gravity is a book that radiates happiness’ Corriere della Sera

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

ADA D'ADAMO was an Italian essayist and poet. After giving birth to her daughter Aria, d'Adamo became an advocate for people with disabilities and for inter-abled families. While working on a memoir for her daughter, she was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer. She passed away on the 1st of April 2023. Three months later this memoir, Gravity, won the Premio Strega, Italy's most prestigious literary award.

ALEX VALENTE is a highly regarded translator of Italian literature. He has translated multiple books in both Italian and French, including works by Elena Varvello, Valeria Parrella and Michela Murgia, as well as translating role-playing games and game manuals. In 2017, he received the English PEN Translates Award for his translation of Elena Varvello's Can You Hear Me?. His work has been published in NYT Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, The Short Story Project and PEN Transmissions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Akoya Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1836750145
• ISBN 13: 9781836750147
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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