Trick
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Lahiri, Jhumpa, translator.
Published
New York : Europa editions, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Starnone, D
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Fiction Starnone, D
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Published
New York : Europa editions, 2018.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Scherzetto.
Description
Sharp, succinct storytelling and breathtaking prose combine in this new novel by the author of Ties , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Reviews and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year. Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson. Daniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, focusing obsessively on his work, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario while she and her husband attend a conference. Shut inside his childhood home -- an apartment in the center of Naples that is filled with the ghosts of Mallarico's past -- grandfather and grandson match wits as Daniele heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices. Outside the apartment, pulses Naples, a wily, violent, and passionate city whose influence can never be shaken.
Language
Translated from the Italian.
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