Donatella Di Pietrantonio: 5 books

Una donna, ormai anziana, mostra i primi segni della malattia che le toglie i ricordi, l’identità, il senso stesso dell’esistenza. È tempo per la figlia di prendersi cura di lei e aiutarla a ricostruire la sua storia, la loro storia. Inizia così il racconto quotidiano di piccoli e grandi avvenimenti,...

Con la maleta en una mano y una bolsa con zapatos en la otra, una muchacha de trece años llama a una puerta tras la que hay un mundo desconocido, extraño. Empieza así esta historia vehemente y cautivadora, con una adolescente que de un día para otro es devuelta a su familia biológica y lo pierde...

Moving and unsentimental story of inner reconstruction after a devastating loss Shortlisted for the prestigious Premio Strega in Italy in 2014, this is the story of a broken family coming to terms, in the aftermath of the earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009, with the loss of one of them - a twin...

The sensitive and powerful story of the love between a mother and her daughter, a love 'gone wrong from the start'. When Esperia exhibits the symptoms of dementia, her daughter takes care of her and help her to rebuild her disintegrating identity. Day after day we learn about the characters of the...

Winner of the Campiello Prize. A pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator. “I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word ‘mama’ stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays,...