Trick / Domenico Starnone ; translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starnone, Domenico, 1943- author.

Contributor:

Lahiri, Jhumpa, translator.

Standardized Title:

Scherzetto. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Grandparent and child--Fiction.

Grandparent and child.

Naples (Italy)--Fiction.

Naples (Italy).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Europa editions, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

Sharp, succinct storytelling and breathtaking prose combine in this new novel by the author of Ties , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Reviews and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year. Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson. Daniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, focusing obsessively on his work, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario while she and her husband attend a conference. Shut inside his childhood home--an apartment in the center of Naples that is filled with the ghosts of Mallarico's past--grandfather and grandson match wits as Daniele heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices. Outside the apartment, pulses Naples, a wily, violent, and passionate city whose influence can never be shaken.

Notes:

Translation of: Scherzetto.

ISBN:

9781609454449

1609454448

OCLC:

1023861672