Informationen zum Autor Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On Me ( Niente di Vero ) was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize. She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, and her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. She lives in Rome. Klappentext LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024 The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy 'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny 'I adored it ' Naoise Dolan 'Hilarious' Roddy Doyle 'Thrillingly original' Monica Ali Vero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety; a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions; and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero's need to strike out on her own leads her into bizarre and comical situations, and a complicated relationship with truth and storytelling ... Vorwort A delightfully funny, bestselling, prize-winning Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art Zusammenfassung A delightfully funny, bestselling, prize-winning Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art

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Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On Me (Niente di Vero) was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize. She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, and her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. She lives in Rome.

Klappentext

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024

The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy**

'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny

'I adored it' Naoise Dolan

'Hilarious' Roddy Doyle

'Thrillingly original' Monica Ali
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Vero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety; a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions; and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero's need to strike out on her own leads her into bizarre and comical situations, and a complicated relationship with truth and storytelling ...

Zusammenfassung
A delightfully funny, bestselling, prize-winning Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art