The Night Trembles
A Novel
$43.13
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
Two stories converge in the aftermath of the devastating 1908 earthquake in Sicily and Calabria- a young woman sees a chance to avoid her impending arranged marriage and a boy manages to escape from the influence of an abusive mother on the verge of madness.
“There is something stronger than pain, and that is habit.” Eleven-year-old Nicola knows this well. Each night he is tied up in the cellar by his mother, the wife of Calabria’s biggest bergamot producer. There he waits for the sun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644214091 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1644214091 |
| Author: | Nadia Terranova, Ann Goldstein |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 146mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“I greatly admire Nadia Terranova’s latest novel, The Night Trembles—for how it is constructed and for its human depth, how the darkness coexists with generosity. It is quite simply magnificent.”
—Annie Ernaux
“The Night Trembles is a haunting novel of metamorphosis and resilience. Terranova’s intermingling of two unforgettable characters against a backdrop of devastation feels like fine lacework: a narrative pattern held together with masterful control. Terranova has inherited the sensibility of powerful female voices that came before her, and has by now established herself as one of Italy’s most exciting writers. We are fortunate to have her exquisitely translated into English by one of America’s most accomplished translators.”—Jhumpa Lahiri, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
“Terranova’s story unfolds in snapshots of intimate moments that bring an emotional history to life, the beauty of Italy lifting off the page.“—Booklist
”The Night Trembles, as the title already suggests, is a novel grounded in a sensual overload – auditory, visual, olfactory, and tactile excess immerses the readers in the narrated events.“—Reading in Translation
About The Author
Nadia Terranova
NADIA TERRANOVA (Messina, 1978) is the author of Gli anni al contrario (Einaudi, 2015), Casca il mondo (Mondadori, 2016) and Bruno, il bambino che impar a volare (Orecchio Acerbo, 2012). Her first novel translated into English, Farewell Ghosts (Seven Stories, 2020) was awarded the Premio Alassio Centolibri and was a finalist for the Premio Strega.
Translator ANN GOLDSTEIN is a former editor at The New Yorker. She has translated works by, among others, Primo Levi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elena Ferrante, Italo Calvino, and Alessandro Baricco, and is the editor of the Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and awards from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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