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Invernale
“Wintry” (title translated by AI)
Dario Voltolini (born 1959)
English editions
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The father is a butcher. He splits animals open, separates muscle from membrane and turns the darkness of flesh into steaks for the market counter in Turin, where he serves customers who would rather not see the bodies they eat. To his son he seems invincible, tireless and generous. Then one day something goes wrong in the perfect choreography of the blades, and a crooked cut almost takes off a thumb. From that moment the son follows his father through an illness that comes in summer, while he is still young, and through a time that has gone on for more than forty years in which he keeps appearing in his son's dreams.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 140 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Autofiction (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy
- First published
- 2024 by La nave di Teseo
- Author's age
- 65 when first published
- ISBN
9788834617182 (original)