Summary
A tale of ephemeral love set over two transformative summers at a hotel in the northern Italian countryside.
Ten-year-old Leo spends her mornings tidying the rooms of her nonna’s time-worn Italian hotel, quietly accumulating the junk and treasures left behind by guests-a pearl earring, a lock of hair. Her nights are suffused with her father’s liquor-spun tales of his childhood, mingled with stories of Greek heroes of old.
Years later, over another hot, endless Italian summer, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923058873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923058878 |
| Author: | Sofia Montrone |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 18mm |
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‘Polished, economic, swift, smart, spiritual…a transcendent work of intelligence.’
* Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself *‘Montrone’s lyrical prose is masterfully precise. Nymph is a dazzling debut that captures the dizzying intensity of first love.’
* Adam Wilson, author of Sensation Machines *‘This shimmering gem of a novel invites you to re-experience that gut-punch feeling of youthful summer romance…Nymph is a truly impressive debut.’
* Anelise Chen, author of Clam Down *About The Author
Sofia Montrone
Sofia Montrone is a writer based in New York. She teaches at Columbia University, where she earned her MFA. Her short fiction and criticism have appeared in the Columbia Review, Quarto, and Adroit. Nymph is her debut novel.
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