As God commands / Niccolò Ammaniti ; translated from the Italian by Jonathan Hunt.
"From Niccolo Ammaniti comes a novel set in industrial Italy, where a father and son contend with a hostile world, and their own inner demons." "The economically depressed village of Varrano, where Cristiano Zena lives with his hard-drinking, out-of-work father, Rino, is a world away...
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| Other title: | Come dio comanda. English |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
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New York :
Black Cat,
©2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | "From Niccolo Ammaniti comes a novel set in industrial Italy, where a father and son contend with a hostile world, and their own inner demons." "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 his cronies come up with a plan to reverse their fortunes, Cristiano wonders if maybe their lives are poised for deliverance after all. But the plan goes horribly awry; on a night of apocalyptic weather, each person will act in a way that has irreversible consequences for themselves and others, and Cristiano will find his life changed forever, and not in the way he hoped." "As God Commands is a story of life at the crossroads of hope and despair." --Book Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in Italy in 2006 as Come dio comanda by Mondadori Editor s.p.a."--Title page verso. Includes a Grove Press Reading Group Guide, prepared by Lindsey Tate. |
| Physical Description: | 406 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Awards: | Winner of the Strega Prize. |
| ISBN: | 9780802170675 (trade pbk.) 0802170676 (trade pbk.) |
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