Ammaniti, Niccol,̣
Summary: The economically depressed village of Varrano, where Cristiano Zena lives with his hard-drinking, out-of-work father, Rino, is a world away from the picturesque towns of travel brochure Italy. So when Rino and is cronies come up with a plan to reverse their fortunes, Cristiano wonders if maybe their lives are poised for deliverance after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2009
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Summary: To quell the anxiety of his concerned, socially conscious parents, Lorenzo tells them he's been invited on an exclusive ski vacation. His real plan: for one blessed week, Lorenzo will retreat to a forgotten cellar in his family's apartment building, where he will live in perfect isolation, keeping the adult world at bay. When his estranged half-sister, Olivia, shows up in the cellar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2012
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Summary: Ischiano Scalo. A place where even the main road out of town gives up after a couple of miles, where escape from a life of boredom and emptiness is almost impossible. Forced into crimes he never wanted to commit, 11-year-old Pietro reaches crisis point when his parents ignore his pleas for support and his schoolteacher turns her back on him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2006