Lost Words (Paperback)

Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading.One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd-an elderly, erudite British woman-comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he's known. On one level, Lost Words is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
Authors:	Nicola Gardini
Translators:	Michael F Moore
Dimensions:	203 x 137 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With flaps
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-2476-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8112-2476-7
Barcode:	9780811224765

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