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Paolo Di Paolo

Born 1983 · Italy

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Strega 2024 · Shortlist

    Romanzo senza umani

    Title translated by AI:“Novel Without Humans”

    Paolo Di Paolo · 40 when first published

    Novel · 214 pages

    AI-generated summary:After a series of 'emotional accidents', a historian who has spent years studying a little ice age around Lake Constance sets off for the lake, trying to rebuild the memories others have of him.

  • No English yet

    Strega 2013 · Shortlist

    Mandami tanta vita

    Title translated by AI:“Send Me Much Life”

    Paolo Di Paolo · 30 when first published

    Novel · 158 pages · Historical, Coming of age, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Turin, carnival 1926: Moraldo, a student from the provinces, admires from afar a brilliant young publisher and anti-fascist, Piero, while falling for Carlotta, a street photographer about to leave for Paris.