Research Catalog

Title

Outsiders : six Italian stories / Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Valeria Parrella, Piero Colaprico, Wu Ming, Simona Vinci ; with and introduction by Ben Faccini ; translated from the Italian by Abigail Asher [and five others].

Author

Saviano, Roberto, 1979-

Publication

London : MacLehose Press an imprint of Quercus, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Lucarelli, Carlo, 1960-
• Parrella, Valeria, 1974-
• Colaprico, Piero, 1957-
• Vinci, Simona, 1970-
• Faccini, Ben.
• Asher, Abigail.
• Wu Ming (Writers collective)

Description

246 pages; 22 cm

Summary

These stories are linked by common themes of belonging, dislocation and identity, and together they take the pulse of a country in turmoil. In 'The Opposite of Death' Roberto Saviano writes about a town in southern Italy haunted by the war in Afghanistan, where one by one its sons are dying. Carlo Lucarelli ('Ferengi') explores the colonial war in Eritrea through the eyes of a maid working for a sick man who begs her to end his suffering. Piero Colaprico's 'Grade C' is a breathless Milanese crime thriller in miniature, while Valeria Parrella's 'The Prize', set during World War II, reminds us that revenge is a dish best served cold. Contains stories by Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Valeria Parrella, Piero Colaprico, Wu Ming, and Simona Vinci.

Alternative Title

Italian outsiders stories

Subject

Short stories, Italian > Translations into English

Genre/Form

• Translations
• Short stories.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Italian.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The other side of death / Roberto Saviano -- Ferengi / Carlo Lucarelli -- The prize / Valeria Parrella -- Stairway C / Piero Colaprico -- American Parmesan / Wu Ming -- Another kind of solitude / Simona Vinci.

ISBN

• 9780857052445 (pbk.)
• 0857052446 (pbk.)

OCLC

813858280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library