Impossible
$39.33
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2022
Summary
‘Mine is an experimental case. It’s pushing a man to confess to a political crime, the last instalment of a forgotten era.’
In this taut novella set in the Dolomites, a cat-and-mouse interview opens between a young magistrate and an older suspect. It becomes an examination of perception versus truth and of the group protection afforded in a moment of collective action versus the echoing responsibility of the individual over ‘the leprosy of time’.
Without evidence, an experienc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914495373 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1914495373 |
| Author: | Erri De Luca, N.S. Thompson |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 140mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘As when walking on the edge of a precipice - even in conversations it only takes a missed word to fall into the ravine’
If there’s an entry point into the work of the enduring, award-winning Italian writer Erri De Luca, then N.S. Thompson’s excellent translation is surely it … Thoughtful and wise about life and landscape, it’s the most cerebral of whodunnits * Observer *
A unique and remarkable novel * La Croix *
The only true first-rate writer that the new millennium has given us so far * Corriere della Sera *
About The Author
Erri De Luca
Erri De Luca is an award-winning writer, poet and activist whose literary awards include the Prix Andre Malraux, the European Book Prize and the European Prize for Literature. The author of more than seventy books translated into more than thirty languages, he has been called ‘the writer of the decade’ by Corriere della Sera. A dedicated mountain climber, he lives a reclusive life in the hills surrounding Rome.
N.S. Thompson is a poet and critic and translator of Italian fiction and poetry. He has worked as a gardener and museum curator in Italy and as an academic and creative writing tutor in Oxford.
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