Valeria Parrella

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• Almarina

  In English

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  Strega 2020 · Shortlist

  Almarina

  Almarina

  Valeria Parrella · 45 when first published

  Novel · 123 pages · Love

  AIAI-generated summary:Elisabetta teaches maths at the juvenile prison on the island of Nisida, off Naples. Each morning she leaves her thoughts in a locker. Then a new pupil arrives, a Romanian girl named Almarina.

• Per grazia ricevuta

  In English

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  Strega 2005 · Shortlist

  For Grace Received

  Per grazia ricevuta

  Valeria Parrella · 31 when first published

  Short stories · 105 pages · Crime

  AIAI-generated summary:Stories set in a Naples far from folklore, among drug couriers and elegant art galleries, clandestine print shops and young graduates trying to escape the suffocating suburbs, about men and above all women chasing their desires.