Tell me about it
Naspini, Sacha, 1976-2022
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Nives has recently lost her husband of fifty years. She didn't cry when she found him dead in the pig pen, she didn't cry at the funeral, but now loneliness has set in. When she decides to bring her favourite chicken inside for company, she is surprised to discover that the chicken's company is a more than adequate replacement for her dead husband. But one day, Giacomina goes stiff in front of the TV. Unable to rouse the paralysed chicken, Nives has no choice but to call the town veterinarian, Loriano Bottai, an old acquaintance of hers. What follows is a phone call that seems to last a lifetime, a phone call that becomes a novel. Their conversation veers from the chicken to the past - to the life they once shared, the secrets they never had the courage to reveal, wounds that never healed.
Main title:
Tell me about it / Sacha Naspini ; translated by Clarissa Botsford.
Author:
Naspini, Sacha, 1976-, authorBotsford, Clarissa, translator
Imprint:
London : Europa Editions, 2022.
Collation:
140 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781787703803 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
853.92
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
2254283
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