by Erri De Luca · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070302703
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«Montedidio» is the novel by Erri De Luca, published by Gallimard in paperback in the Folio collection (240 pages, in French).
In the Montedidio neighborhood in Naples, Rafaniello, a hunchbacked teenager, listens to an angel who speaks to him about Jerusalem and about wings he already carries with him. Between street soccer, first passions and neighborhood life, the novel follows his awakening to maturity.
Translated from Italian into French by Danièle Valin, this edition belongs to the Folio collection (No. 3913). The work was originally published in Italian in 2001.
For readers of contemporary Italian fiction and coming-of-age stories.
Enrico "Erri" De Luca is an Italian novelist, translator and poet. He has been recognized by critic Giorgio De Rienzo of Corriere della Sera as "the writer of the decade". He is also known for his opposition to the Lyon-Turin high speed train line, and is being sued for having called for its sabotage. On 19 October 2015, De Luca was cleared of inciting criminal damage. He reacted to the not-guilty verdict declaring that "An injustice has been avoided."
