A cult classic of Italian literature,published in English for the first time,with an afterword by André Aciman,author of Call Me By Your Name.'A masterpiece'- Le Figaro'Dazzling in every detail'- ElleIn the late 1960s,Leo Gazzara leads a precarious life in Rome. He spends his time in an alcoholic haze,bouncing between hotels,bars,uninspiring jobs,romantic entanglements and the homes of his rich friends. Leo drifts,aimless and alone.But on the evening of his thirtieth birthday,he meets Arianna. All night they drive the city in Leo's run-down Alfa Romeo,talking and talking. They eat brioche for breakfast,drink through the dawn,drive to the sea and back. A whirlwind beginning. What follows is the story of the year Leo fell in love and lost everything.Intense,romantic,witty and devastating,Last Summer in the City is a forgotten classic of Italian literature which offers an intoxicating portrait of two lonely people,pushing and pulling each other away and back again.'The most beautiful love story of the year'- Il Giornale
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529042290Number of pages: 192Weight: 140 gDimensions: 195 x 129 x 13 mm
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The true quality of this novel is the way it enlightens,with a desperate clearness,a relationship between a man and a city,that is,between crowd and lonelinessThe most beautiful love story of the yearA masterpieceDazzling in every detail(A) sublime text,of extraordinary languid beauty and sadnessCalligarich's time capsule of love and existential drift in a lost Rome,translated into sparkling prose by Curtis,is ripe for a rediscoveryA sad,seductive declaration of love for RomeA short,gorgeous,moving and magnificent story of love and solitudeThis book,at once painful and ironic,remains a small gemA heartrending marvelCharming,decadent,and emotionally ruthless . . . equal parts Fitzgerald and Antonioni...It's wonderful to have this devastating gem at large in the world againDeeply haunting...A marvel of a novelCalligarich's rendering turns la dolce vita into something more akin to Camus's L'Etranger in a contemporary-ish urban setting. Out of print for years,this welcome new translation is elegiac and heart-rendingThe account of a lost generation in Rome in the early 1970s (possibly the children of the children of Hemingway's lost generation) carries the weight of both family history and generational sagaEvocative...Calligarich conjures Italy's piazzas,parties,beaches,and bars with a mood reminiscent of A Movable Feast...the feeling that Leo is alone in the world is poignantly conveyed
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