Lit in Translation

Franco Matteucci

Italy

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Books on prize lists

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    Strega 2007 · Shortlist

    Il profumo della neve

    Title translated by AI:“The Scent of Snow”

    Franco Matteucci

    Novel · 125 pages · Nature

    AI-generated summary:In a nameless village in the Italian mountains, Ugo has just drawn his first pension. After a long storm, deep snow covers everything, and he is seized by an urge to take out his old skis.

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    Strega 2003 · Shortlist

    Il visionario

    Title translated by AI:“The Visionary”

    Franco Matteucci

    Novel · 182 pages

    AI-generated summary:Tullio Cusman, an orphan, taciturn and handsome, haunted by a sense of cosmic evil, grows up to become creative director of a satellite television channel that broadcasts nothing but death. Then he meets a young woman, Gaia.