Outsiders - Softcover

Vinci, Simona; Colaprico, Piero; Saviano, Roberto; Wu Ming Foundation, The; Lucarelli, Carlo; Parrella, Valeria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782067817 ISBN 13: 9781782067818

Publisher: MacLehose Press, 2014

Synopsis

In Roberto Saviano's The Opposite of Death, a town in southern Italy is haunted by the war in Afghanistan, where one by one its sons are dying. In Ferengi, Carlo Lucarelli explores the Italian settlement of Eritrea a century ago, when the actions of a maid became pivotal to the fate of an exploitative colonial family. Valeria Parrella's The Prize, set in the Italian countryside during the Second World War, reminds us that revenge is a dish best served cold, while Piero Colaprico's Stairway C is a breathless Milanese crime novel in miniature. Grassroots writers' collective Wu Ming show how an Italian cheese-maker can become a hero in American Parmesan, and in Another Kind of Solitude, Simona Vinci suggests that it is only when we are on the outside, or alone, that we find true freedom.

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Review:

'A fine collection of short stories' Mark Sanderson, Sunday Telegraph. (Sunday Telegraph)

From the Back Cover:

In Roberto Saviano's The Other Side of Death, a town in southern Italy is haunted by the war in Afghanistan. In Ferengi, Carlo Lucarelli explores how the actions of a maid become pivotal to the fate of an exploitative colonial family in Eritrea. Valeria Parrella's The Prize reminds us that revenge is a dish best served cold, while Piero Colaprico's Stairway C is a breathless Milanese crime novel in miniature. Grassroots writers' collective Wu Ming show how a cheese-maker can become a hero in American Parmesan, and in Another Kind of Solitude, Simona Vinci suggests that it is only when we are on the outside, or alone, that we find true freedom.

About this edition

• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782067817
• ISBN 13: 9781782067818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224