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Gravity
Come d’aria
Ada D’Adamo (born 1967)
Translated by Alex Valente
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Gravity
Akoya Publishing · United Kingdom · 2026 · 176 pages
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Daria's fate was sealed at birth by a missed diagnosis: she cannot walk or speak and communicates only through her smile. Her mother Ada, once a dancer, learns as she nears fifty that she too is seriously ill, and decides to address her daughter directly and tell their story. Everything passes through the two women's bodies, bound to each other in complete dependence: the daily exhaustion, the anger and the secrets, but also unexpected joys and moments of great tenderness. Past and present intertwine as the mother looks at her own life, the dance she gave up and the love she was thrown into against her will.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 132 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Autofiction (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy
- First published
- 2023 by Elliot
- Author's age
- 56 when first published
- ISBN
9788892762459 (original)
9781836750147 (Akoya Publishing, United Kingdom)
- More
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