by Catherine Dunne · Guanda · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788877469755
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«La metà di niente» is Catherine Dunne's novel, published by Guanda in paperback (304 pages, in Italian).
In Dublin, Rose and Ben form a marriage with three children that seems normal until Ben abandons them. The novel portrays from a female perspective the economic difficulties, loneliness and the children's reactions, while Rose tries to reinvent herself and find a new family balance. It alternates the chronicle of the abandonment with flashbacks of their life together.
This Italian edition is Catherine Dunne's first novel and is translated by Eva Kampmann; the original English title is «In the Beginning».
For those who enjoy contemporary Irish fiction and realistic stories about overcoming a breakup from a female perspective.
Catherine Dunne is an Irish writer. She was born in Dublin and studied English and Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin, before becoming a teacher. In 2013, she was awarded the Giovanni Boccaccio International Prize for Fiction for The Things We Know Now, which was published in Italy as Quel che ora sappiamo. Dunne received the Irish PEN Award for Literature in 2018.
