The Breaking of a Wave
Published on 8. October 2019
432 pages
978-1-60945-388-6 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Strega Prize: A young girl in Tuscany finds hope amid heartbreak in "a story about the lonely daydreams of outsiders" (
Kirkus Reviews).
Smart, funny thirteen-year-old Luna lives in a small town on the coast of Tuscany. When her beloved brother, Luca, drowns in a surfing accident, Luna's mother retreats into herself, while Luna believes that Luca still speaks to her through a whalebone washed up on the nearby shore. At school, stricken by her loss yet determined to carry on, Luna makes a new friend and ally, the eccentric Zot, a boy from Chernobyl.
Luna's fantasies will soon clash with the lies-even the well-intentioned ones-of the adult world, in this touching, funny, and imaginative novel by the celebrated author of Live Bait.
Smart, funny thirteen-year-old Luna lives in a small town on the coast of Tuscany. When her beloved brother, Luca, drowns in a surfing accident, Luna's mother retreats into herself, while Luna believes that Luca still speaks to her through a whalebone washed up on the nearby shore. At school, stricken by her loss yet determined to carry on, Luna makes a new friend and ally, the eccentric Zot, a boy from Chernobyl.
Luna's fantasies will soon clash with the lies-even the well-intentioned ones-of the adult world, in this touching, funny, and imaginative novel by the celebrated author of Live Bait.
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Fabio Genovesi was born in Forte dei Marmi in Versilia in 1974. He is the author of Live Bait (Other Press, 2014), which has been translated into over ten languages, an earlier novel, Versilia Rock City, the memoir Morte Dei Marmi (Laterza, 2012), and the Strega Prize winning-novel, The Breaking of a Wave.
Content
- Intro
- THE BREAKING OF A WAVE
- PART 1
- HI, I'M TAGES. WHO ARE YOU?
- THE HAPPY EXPLORER
- DUPLEX
- YOUR NAME IS SERENA
- THE KING OF PORCINI
- GIFTS FROM THE SEA
- RETIREES DO AS THEY PLEASE
- EINSTEIN COULDN'T TIE HIS SHOES
- LIKE HELL I'M CALLING HER LUNA
- SENIORS, NEVER SAY DIE! KIDS, SAY NO TO DRUGS!
- BROTHER OCTOPUS AND SISTER FLY
- WHEN IN FACT
- PART 2
- HAD YOU BEEN ASKED BEFORE WHAT PAIN WAS
- JIMMY PAGE'S DOUBLE NECK
- GHOST HOUSE
- THE THREE FACES OF SATURDAY NIGHT
- A CATECHIST IS BORN
- METAL DETECTOR
- RELATIONS WITH ANGELS
- MEMORY TSUNAMI
- LUNA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
- THE BOAR AND THE WHALE
- SAVE OUR SHIP
- DRY DEATH
- FLEEING THE FUTURE
- TU SEI ROMANTICA
- THE MEANING OF A PAN
- THE SMELL OF HOME
- WHERE DID YOU GO, CHECCO?
- DANTE ALIGHIERI'S WET UNDIES
- AT THE TEMPLE OF THE GODDESS LUNA
- THIS CANDY IS FOR GOD
- LIVES ON ICE
- DIRTY AND HAPPY
- PARIS OR PONTREMOLI
- CAIN'S DOG
- ALL ABOARD
- PART 3
- CHIMNEY SWEEP
- EVERY PLACE IS VIETNAM
- FIRST STEPS
- THREE CHEERS FOR CAMPING
- I'M NOT A COOK
- PANDA ITALIA '90
- HOW COME THERE ARE STILL MONKEYS
- THE PARTISANS DIED FOR US
- THE MUSHROOMS OF TRANSYLVANIA
- EVERYONE IS HAPPY UP THERE
- JELLYFISH SEX
- END OF THE WORLD
- THE DARK AHEAD
- THE BREAKING OF A WAVE
- A MONTH LATER
- RHINOCEROS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
