Lit in Translation

Ermanno Rea

Born 1927 · Italy

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Strega 2008 · Shortlist

    Napoli Ferrovia

    Title translated by AI:“Naples Railway Station”

    Ermanno Rea · 80 when first published

    Novel · 357 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:An old communist narrator wanders the desperate streets around the Naples central station at night and strikes up an unlikely friendship with Caracas, a former neo-Nazi skinhead who has converted to Islam.

  • No English yet

    Strega 2002 · Shortlist

    La dismissione

    Title translated by AI:“The Dismantling”

    Ermanno Rea · 75 when first published

    Novel · 373 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:Vincenzo Buonocore, a worker turned technician, is put in charge of dismantling the Ilva steelworks before the Chinese buyers arrive to carry it away piece by piece. Taking the machines apart, he relives his life in the factory.