The Listener
Ti Ascolto
Federica De Paolis(Author)
Matador (Publisher)
Published on 28. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-1-78306-417-5 (ISBN)
Description
Following the detachment of his retina, travel writer Diego Tribeca is left half-blind. Returning to his family home to await treatment, he discovers that his phone is tapped into those of the other residents in his block. In his solitude his eavesdropping becomes an obsession, and he becomes more and more involved in their lives. He starts a relationship with one of the tenants, who unknowingly is the missing link in his troubled family history. Listening to other people's stories and problems, he begins an investigation into his own past life, which in turn will change his future.
Translated from the Italian novel Ti Ascolto by Federica De Paolis, who is particularly good at depicting the weakness and obsessions of contemporary women, the novel takes delicate issues like cancer, anorexia and domestic violence and deals with them bluntly and directly in a story that takes place in contemporary Italy, but could be happening anywhere... even next door to you.
Translated from the Italian novel Ti Ascolto by Federica De Paolis, who is particularly good at depicting the weakness and obsessions of contemporary women, the novel takes delicate issues like cancer, anorexia and domestic violence and deals with them bluntly and directly in a story that takes place in contemporary Italy, but could be happening anywhere... even next door to you.
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Series
Edition
UK ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Troubador Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78306-417-5 (9781783064175)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Born from English and Italian parents, Samuel Rizzardi graduated in 2010 in French and Italian at the University of Kent. He then spent a year teaching English as a foreign language in Italy, and is now currently undertaking an MA at the University of Hull. Simona Rizzardi studied at Genoa University in Italy. She worked first as a lector and then as a Teaching Fellow in Italian at Bangor and Hull Universities, from which she retired in January 2012.