Almarina by Valeria Parrella - ISBN: 9781529352443
Paperback
An island prison. An unlikely friendship. A path to freedom.

Almarina

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  • Paperback

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    13 November 2023

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Summary

‘One of the most beautiful books published in recent years: an intense, poignant story’ Caterina Bonvicini

Can a prison free those who enter?

Nisida, moored like a boat in the Mediterranean, is a small island nestled between Capri and Bagnoli, off the coast of Naples. Each day, through the early morning light, Elisabetta Maiorano travels across the city, passes by the guards on the way into the detention centre, hands over her bag and arrives at her classroom. All thoughts are…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529352443
ISBN-10:1529352444
Author:Valeria Parrella
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:13 November 2023
Weight:120g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 14mm
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Critics Review

One of the most beautiful books published in recent years: an intense, poignant story – Caterina Bonvicini

One of the most beautiful books published in recent years: an intense, poignant story * Caterina Bonvicini *

About The Author

Valeria Parrella

Valeria Parrella was born in 1974 and lives in Naples. Since the publication in 2003 of her debut short story collection, Mosquito and Whale, she has been widely regarded as one of Italy’s most exciting authors. She is also the author of the novels The White Space and The Verdict. Almarina was shortlisted for the Strega Prize.

Alex Valente (he/him) is a half-Tuscan, half-Yorkshire white European currently living on x?m??k??y??m, S?wx_wu7mesh, and s?lilw?ta? land. He is an award-winning literary translator from Italian into English, though he also dabbles with French. His work has also been published in NYT Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, The Short Story Project, and PEN Transmissions.

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