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Strega 2006 · Shortlist
Fists
Pugni
Pietro Grossi · 28 when first published
Short stories · 157 pages · Coming of age
AI-generated summary:Three stories of boys facing initiation into life: a well-mannered boxer who must meet a deaf, poor champion in the ring, two brothers given a horse each by their father, and a friend who suddenly decides he is a monkey.