I'll Steal You Away - by Niccolo Ammaniti (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Italian literary superstar Niccolo Ammaniti's debut novel, "I'm Not Scared, " prompted gushing praise, hit international best-seller lists, and was made into a smash indie film. With his highly anticipated follow-up, Ammaniti takes his unparalleled empathy for children, his scythe-sharp observations, and his knack for building tension to a whole new level. In a tiny Italian village, a young boy named Pietro is growing up tormented by bullies and ignored by his parents. When an aging playboy, Graziano Biglia, returns to town, a change is in the air: Pietro decides to take on the bullies, his lonely teacher Flora finds romance with the town's prodigal son, and the inept janitor at the school proclaims his love for his favorite prostitute. But the village isn't ready for such change, and when Graziano seduces and forgets Flora, both she and Pietro's tentative hopes seem crushed forever. With great tenderness, Ammaniti shines light on the heart-wrenching failures and quiet redemptions of ordinary people trying to live extraordinary lives. "I'll Steal You Away" is a fresh and classic story of a boy learning to be a man that delivers on the promise of Ammaniti's acclaimed debut.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Thirty-nine-year-old Italian literary superstar Niccolo Ammaniti's novel I'm Not Scared prompted gushing critical praise, hit international best-seller lists, and was made into a hit indie film. In I'll Steal You Away, Ammaniti takes his empathy for children and ability to conjure vivid, quirky characters straight out of the Italian countryside to fantastic literary heights. With profound tenderness, Ammaniti shines light on the broken hearts and misbegotten dreams of ordinary folks striving only for slightly better lives. Through the eyes of a fragile boy and a self-aggrandizing small-town lothario, he shows how two very different people each come to realize that redemption must come from within.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A snapshot of small-town Italian life that could be, just as easily, a tale of small-town American life ... Ammaniti weaves almost seamlessly between his characters as they spiral slowly toward their inevitably sad conclusions. A-."<br><br>"Chilling and intimate, Ammaniti's work brings life to a deceptively quiet town and its wealth of eclectic and unsettling residents."<br><br>"Edge-of-the-seat-reading. Yet Ammaniti is more than a red-hot storyteller ... Ýhe is also¨ an astute psychologist and sharp social critic. Teems with incident, wit, and pathos."<br><br>"Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini ... Besides his gift for turning pages, Ammaniti has a Dickensian touch for character study.... Anyone who thought The Bicycle Thief had told them all they needed to know about injustice has another think coming."<br><br>"Niccolo Ammaniti is the best novelist of his generation." -- Il Giornale<br>
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