Rimini
The electrifying masterpiece set on the simmering '80s Italian Riviera
$46.80
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Summer 1983, Rimini.
On the beaches and in the nightclubs of the Adriatic Riviera, dazzling with its neon lights and promised pleasures, seven lives intersect.
A young journalist on his first important assignment, determined to unravel a web of political corruption.
A woman searching for her runaway teenage sister - and a new life after the end of her marriage.
A gossip columnist who follows the dramatic unfolding of an international literary p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399734547 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399734547 |
| Author: | Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Elena Pala |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 136mm x 220mm |
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Critics Review
A singular voice … the author’s lyricism and low-key humor successfully contend with the weight of an immense melancholy * New York Times *
Tondelli’s was a meticulous talent, precise and particular, his writing full of nicely observed detail and an almost microscopic view of everyday things and feelings * Financial Times *
In his meteoric career, Tondelli established himself as the most precise chronicler of 1980s provincial Italy and its atmosphere of widespread hedonism and extravagance. Rimini is an ensemble piece that captures what had only recently become Italy’s big holiday destination as a merry-go-round of cheap thrills and fleeting summer romances * Sunday Times *
Tondelli shaped the sound of a generation … His books follow young men and women circling around specific subcultures in uncommon urban and rural spaces as they have sex and search for transcendence – Claudia Durastanti * Paris Review *
A writer capable of capturing the pulse of an era … Glamorous discos, endless beaches, amusement parks and families on vacation, but also excesses, melancholy, sweet despair … The strength of the novel is there: in telling the story of a country that disguises itself as a Saturday night party to hide a deep well of anxiety * Il Resto del Carlino *
Tondelli sets out to subvert the canons of holiday literature … [Rimini is] the Great Adriatic Novel * Il Giornale *
Tondelli has made a welcome return to the queer canon * Big Issue *
Tondelli’s was a meticulous talent, precise and particular, his writing full of nicely observed detail and an almost microscopic view of everyday things and feelings * Financial Times *
Tondelli’s was a meticulous talent, precise and particular, his writing full of nicely observed detail and an almost microscopic view of everyday things and feelings * Financial Times *
Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Pier Vittorio Tondelli was born in Correggio in 1955 and died in 1991. He made his debut in 1980 with Altri libertini, which was followed in 1982 by Pao Pao. In 1985 he published the novel Rimini, followed by Biglietti agli amici in 1986 and Separate Rooms in 1989.
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