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La sposa
“The Bride” (title translated by AI)
Mauro Covacich (born 1965)
English editions
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Seventeen stories blend real events with invention and brief autobiographical digressions. Two strangers wait to shoot during a human safari; an artist dressed as a bride hitchhikes across Europe; a young priest, unaware that he will one day be pope, struggles with desire; a quiet family man with a passion for explosives plants bombs in supermarkets; a transplanted heart races towards its second life; a man decides to share his house with a pack of wolves. In a frisbee lesson with his young nephew the narrator glimpses the childlessness of a whole generation that gave up children for its own ambitions.
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About the book
- Form
- Short stories
- Length
- 185 pages in the original
- Set in
- Italy
- First published
- 2014 by Bompiani
- Author's age
- 49 when first published
- ISBN
9788845275890 (original)