Clash of civilizations over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Lakhous, Amara

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ISBN 10: 1933372613 ISBN 13: 9781933372617

Casa editrice: Europa Editions, 2013

Riassunto

The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author (Publishers Weekly).

Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building’s elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim’s neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome.
With language as colorful as the neighborhood it describes, each character takes his or her turn “giving evidence.” Their various stories reveal much about the drama of racial identity and the anxieties of a life spent on society’s margins, but also bring to life the hilarious imbroglios of this melting pot Italian culture.

“Their frequently wild testimony teases out intriguing psychological and social insight alongside a playful whodunit plot.”—Publishers Weekly

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Informazioni sull?autore

Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio won Italy's prestigious Flaiano Prize and prompted the critic Carlin Romano to ask in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Do we have an Italian Alberto Camus on our hands?". Lakhous is also the author of Divorce Islamic Style and Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet.

Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. Her translations for Europa Editions include novels by Amara Lakhous, Alessandro Piperno, and Elena Ferrante's bestselling My Brilliant Friend. She lives in New York.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Europa Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1933372613
• ISBN 13: 9781933372617
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 131
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile