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Lorenzo Pavolini

Born 1964 · Italy

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    Strega 2010 · Shortlist

    Accanto alla tigre

    Title translated by AI:“Beside the Tiger”

    Lorenzo Pavolini · 46 when first published

    Novel · 243 pages · Autofiction, Family, Politics

    AI-generated summary:At twelve, a boy sees a photo in his history book of the bodies hanged in Piazzale Loreto and learns that his grandfather was not a war hero but Alessandro Pavolini, one of Fascism's most ruthless ministers.