by Niccolò Ammaniti · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806143541
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«Branchie» is the contemporary fiction novel by Niccolò Ammaniti, published by Einaudi in paperback (185 pages, in Italian).
A young man who builds aquariums and studies fish drifts through the upper-class neighborhoods of Rome. Diagnosed with cancer, he accepts a curious proposal: to travel to India to build an aquarium for a mysterious lady. In a chaotic and excessive country, his commission turns into a series of unpredictable adventures that pull him out of his apathetic life.
This Einaudi edition, published in 1997, belongs to the Einaudi Tascabili. Stile libero series.
For a general audience interested in contemporary Italian fiction and travel stories.
Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer, winner of the Premio Strega in 2007 for As God Commands. He became noted in 2001 with the publication of I'm Not Scared, a novel which was later made into a movie directed by Gabriele Salvatores.
