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Articles by Claudia Petrucci
THE PERFECT CIRCLE
A thrilling study of time that playfully intertwines birth and death, motherhood and human extinction. A real estate broker finds herself at the center of a house spiraling around family, love, and time in this novel by Italian author Petrucci. Irene Sartori sells foreclosed houses—from a palazzo in smoldering Rome to an expensive property in sinking Venice—to wealthy foreigners impervious to the dystopian climate catastrophe befalling Europe.
New Literature in Translation: August 2022 by Powell's Staff
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Review by Kelly M, Media/Journalist Last updated on 19 Nov 2022 The Performance is a strange book to describe but a riveting and interesting read that straddles the line between fiction and reality. It's an interesting debut,
The Performance by Claudia Petrucci - review by Jay Gilbert
Claudia Petrucci’s captivating debut novel not only rewards but demands rereading – fittingly so, given that repetition, redefinition and the retracing of steps are among its preoccupations. In the opening section, the narrative perspective is intriguingly baffling: writing in the first person, the narrator, Filippo, seems to know what his girlfriend, Giorgia, is doing, thinking and feeling, whether he is privy to it or not.
Fiction Book Review: The Shehnai Virtuoso by Dhumetku
Dhumketu, trans. from the Gujarati by Jenny Bhatt. Deep Vellum, $15.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-64605-168-7 This rich and comprehensive English-language debut collection from Dhumketu (1892–1965), keenly selected and translated by Bhatt, showcases a range of subjects and skills. “The Post Office,” Dhumketu’s most anthologized work, follows an aging father who sits outside the post office every day, hoping for a letter from his only daughter.
Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen
Phong Nguyen. Grand Central, $17.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5370-5 Nguyen (Roundabout) shines with this portrayal of two sisters’ heroism in ancient Vietnam. Set over seven years during the Bronze Age, when the Han Dynasty ruled what is now Northern Vietnam, the story follows Viet Lord Trư ng and Lady Man Thiệ n of Cung Diệ n Mê Linh, who raise their daughters Trư ng Trac and Trưng Nhi to rule as men’s equals.
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-307-26899-0 McCarthy returns 16 years after his Pulitzer-winning The Road with a rich story of an underachieving salvage diver in 1980 New Orleans, the first in a two-volume work. Bobby Western, son of a nuclear physicist who worked on the atomic bomb, is tasked with investigating a private plane crash in the Gulf. The plane’s crew is dead, the black box is missing, and one passenger is unaccounted for.
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