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Paola Mastrocola

Born 1956 · Italy

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    Strega 2001 · Shortlist

    Palline di pane

    Title translated by AI:“Little Balls of Bread”

    Paola Mastrocola · 45 when first published

    Novel · 237 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:August: Emilia, a forty-year-old photographer, goes on holiday to Sardinia with a six-month-old baby, an eleven-year-old son who wants to be left alone to fish with balls of bread, and a Portuguese babysitter who speaks no Italian.