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Bibliographic Information
- Title
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Trick
- Author
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Starnone, Domenico, 1943-
- Publisher:
- Europa editions,
- Pub date:
- 2018.
- Description:
- 191 pages ;
- ISBN:
- 1609454448
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Item info:
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1 copy currently available - Twin Hickory Library.
- Number of holds:
- 0
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Trick
Starnone, Domenico, 1943-
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Trick
Starnone, Domenico, 1943-
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Personal Author:
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Starnone, Domenico, 1943-
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Uniform title:
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[Scherzetto. English]
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Title:
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Trick / Domenico Starnone ; translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri.
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Publication Info:
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New York : Europa editions, 2018.
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Physical descrip:
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191 pages ; 21 cm
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General Note:
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Translation of: Scherzetto.
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Summary:
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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.
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Held by:
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TWNHICKORY
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Subject term:
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Families--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Grandparent and child--Fiction.
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Geographic term:
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Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
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Added author:
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Lahiri, Jhumpa
