I'm Not Scared
Published on 15. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-84195-442-4 (ISBN)
Description
One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat-fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him.
An unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared is also a devastatingly authentic portrayal of childhood and the tension when it must join the adult world.
An unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared is also a devastatingly authentic portrayal of childhood and the tension when it must join the adult world.
Reviews / Votes
A deft masterpiece with never a false note. * * Guardian * * I'm Not Scared is an exquisite parable. Ammaniti's short staccato sentences effectively describe the isolation and simplicity of rural subsistence, while long passages of direct dialogue touchingly portray the children's naive perceptions. * * Daily Telegraph * * Ammaniti's prose is faultless from the first . . . The brevity of his sentences, the clarity and perfection of each image, gives his novel some of the flavour of a child's picture book. * * Independent on Sunday * * The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. * * The Times * * Beneath this simplicity, Ammaniti weaves in the fairytale metaphors we know so well, giving the novel a haunting profundity. * * Sunday Herald * * a strong and surprising rites of passage novel that leaves a legacy of thought and intrigue * * Books for Keeps * *More details
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-442-4 (9781841954424)
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Persons
Niccolo Ammaniti was born in Rome in 1966. He has written four novels and a collection of short stories. His first novel, Steal You Away, was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. I'm Not Scared was the winner of the prestigious Italian Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction, and has been translated into thirty-five languages. The Crossroads received the Premio Strega Prize 2007.
Translated from the Italian by Jonathan Hunt. Hunt currently divides his time between Italy and Britain. His translations include Niccolo Ammaniti's The Crossroads and Steal You Away, and Tommaso Pincio's Love Shaped Story.
Translated from the Italian by Jonathan Hunt. Hunt currently divides his time between Italy and Britain. His translations include Niccolo Ammaniti's The Crossroads and Steal You Away, and Tommaso Pincio's Love Shaped Story.