Creative Surgery - by Clelia Farris (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In Clelia Farris' mind-bending tales, you'll find captivating characters with elusive identities like Kieser, who longs to transform himself through horrific procedures in "Creative Surgery," or Yuliano ("Secret Enemy"), a man with no aesthetic taste, or Gabola, engaged in the battle of a lifetime against the expropriation of the Little Tuvu Hill. With dry and polished prose, like the stones of her native Sardinia, Clelia Farris takes us on adventures among the ruins of a future marred by climate change ("A Day to Remember") and in a haunting prison inhabited by the enigmatic figure of "Rebecca." Collected and translated into English for the first time, these seven stories represent some of the greatest works from one of Italy's best science fiction authors."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In Clelia Farris' mind-bending tales, you'll find captivating characters with elusive identities like Kieser, who longs to transform himself through horrific procedures in "Creative Surgery," or Yuliano ("Secret Enemy"), a man with no aesthetic taste, or Gabola, engaged in the battle of a lifetime against the expropriation of the Little Tuvu Hill. With dry and polished prose, like the stones of her native Sardinia, Clelia Farris takes us on adventures among the ruins of a future marred by climate change ("A Day to Remember") and in a haunting prison inhabited by the enigmatic figure of "Rebecca." Collected and translated into English for the first time, these seven stories represent some of the greatest works from one of Italy's best science fiction authors.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Clelia Farris</b> is considered one of Italy's best science fiction authors. She won the Fantascienza.com award with <i>Rupes Recta</i>, the Odyssey award with <i>No Man Is My Brother, </i> and the Kipple Prize with <i>The Weighing of the Soul</i>. She was a finalist for the Urania Mondadori Award in 2016 with "Uomini e Necro." <b>Rachel Cordasco</b> has a Ph.D in literary studies and currently works as a developmental editor. She's written for <i>World Literature Today, Strange Horizons</i>, and <i>Samovar Magazine</i> and also translates Italian SFF. <b>Jennifer Delare </b>is a full-time Italian-to-English translator.
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