Clandestinity
€18.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781646051724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Moresco |
| Publisher | Deep Vellum Publishing |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.308 |
| Publishing Date | 14/07/2022 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €17.83 |
| Tax | €1.07 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €18.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In this four-story suite, a modern master of Italian literature delves into the wonder and strangeness of the human condition.
Eerie, fabulist, and elegant, each of Moresco’s stories features a central character at a different time of his life: childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. In these beautiful and unsettling narratives, a dreamlike logic governs a vivid and strange physical world. In “Blue Room,” the adolescent protagonist carries on a voyeuristic relationship with a blind old woman in a mysterious house. In “The Hole,” a young boy becomes fascinated by an outhouse toilet, a portal through which he observes bodily wastes, curiosities, and portents. In the title story, an act of violence deepens the nightmarish tones and mood of disorientation. And in “The King,” a child narrator—who may or may not be present—witnesses a horrific visit from an exiled ruler.
Full of bodily parts, functions, and desires, Moresco’s stories distort time and reality to summon a world of carnal immediacy and uncanny haziness. A spectral and unnerving work of art, expertly translated by Richard Dixon, Clandestinity is a testament to Moresco’s genius.