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A compelling mix of social satire and murder mystery.
A small culturally mixed community living in an apartment building in the center of Rome is thrown into disarray when one of the neighbors is murdered. An investigation ensues and as each of the victimA's neighbors is questioned, the reader is offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome. Each character takes his or her turn center-stage, A"giving evidence,A" recounting his or her storyA-the dramas of racial identity, the anxieties and misunderstandings born of a life spent on societyA's margins, the daily humiliations provoked by mainstream cultureA's fears and indifference, preconceptions and insensitivity. What emerges is a moving story that is common to us all, whether we live in Italy or Los Angeles.
This novel is animated by a style that is as colorful as the neighborhood it describes and is characterized by seemingly effortless equipoise that borrows from the cinematic tradition of the Commedia allA'Italiana as exemplified by directors such as Federico Fellini.
At the heart of this bittersweet comedy told with affection and sensitivity is a social reality that we often tend to ignore and an anthropological analysis, refreshing in its generosity, that cannot fail to fascinate.
A small culturally mixed community living in an apartment building in the center of Rome is thrown into disarray when one of the neighbors is murdered. An investigation ensues and as each of the victimA's neighbors is questioned, the reader is offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome. Each character takes his or her turn center-stage, A"giving evidence,A" recounting his or her storyA-the dramas of racial identity, the anxieties and misunderstandings born of a life spent on societyA's margins, the daily humiliations provoked by mainstream cultureA's fears and indifference, preconceptions and insensitivity. What emerges is a moving story that is common to us all, whether we live in Italy or Los Angeles.
This novel is animated by a style that is as colorful as the neighborhood it describes and is characterized by seemingly effortless equipoise that borrows from the cinematic tradition of the Commedia allA'Italiana as exemplified by directors such as Federico Fellini.
At the heart of this bittersweet comedy told with affection and sensitivity is a social reality that we often tend to ignore and an anthropological analysis, refreshing in its generosity, that cannot fail to fascinate.
作者簡介
Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University La Sapienza, Rome. He recently completed a Ph.D. thesis entitled “Living Islam as a Minority.” His first novel, Le Cimici e il Pirata(Bedbugs and the Pirate), was published in 1999. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, winner of Italy’s prestigious Flaiano prize, is his second novel. He lives in Italy.
About the Translator
Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. Her translations include work by Pope John Paul II, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Primo Levi. For Europa Editions, she has translated three novels by Elena Ferrante (The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter) and The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award and was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome.
About the Translator
Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. Her translations include work by Pope John Paul II, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Primo Levi. For Europa Editions, she has translated three novels by Elena Ferrante (The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter) and The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award and was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome.
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