$35.67
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2013
Summary
The Mafia and the Ten Commandments meet in these interlinked short stories about ordinary people living in the underbelly of Naples. Ten uncovers the raw heart of a city, telling the stories of ordinary people forced to make extraordinary compromises in a place permeated by crime.
We encounter a son who finds that he is capable of a terrible act when faced with his mother’s suffering ‘because someone had to do it’; a girl whose only outlet for the horrors of an adult’s abuse …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781846556173 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1846556171 |
| Author: | Andrej Longo, Howard Curtis |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2013 |
| Weight: | 179g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
Sparse, simple prose, which is nonetheless poetic and multi-layered in meaning
Sparse, simple prose, which is nonetheless poetic and multi-layered in meaning * Press Association *
The stark lines of a cartoon world resonate with Longo’s spare yet lilting prose (brought delicately to life by Howard Curtis)… [Longo’s] intimate observations…conjure visions of a city on fire – Ted Hodgkinson * Times Literary Supplement *
An enlightening read… The writing is excellent * Bookmunch *
About The Author
Andrej Longo
Andrej Longo was born in Ischia and named in homage to Tolstoy’s War and Peace. He has published several critically acclaimed short story collections and featured in many anthologies. Ten was longlisted for the Bagutta prize, the Piero Chiara prize and the Premio Nazionale di Narrativa Bergamo. When he isn’t writing for theatre, radio or cinema, Andrej Longo works as a pizza-maker in Naples.
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