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The silent period : a novel / Francesca Manfredi ; translated by Ekin Oklap.
Van Pelt Library PQ4913.A68214 P4713 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manfredi, Francesca, 1988- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Periodo del silenzio. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--Fiction.
- Young women.
- Social media--Fiction.
- Social media.
- Communication--Fiction.
- Communication.
- Silence--Fiction.
- Silence.
- Quietude--Fiction.
- Quietude.
- Siblings--Fiction.
- Siblings.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Turin (Italy)--Fiction.
- Turin (Italy).
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2026]
- Language Note:
- Text in English, translated from Italian.
- Summary:
- "In a novel of bilious wit and unexpected tenderness, a jaded young woman ceases to speak. Cristina Martino is twenty-eight and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles. What is at first a digital detox becomes an act of self-effacement: Cristina deprives herself of words, then gestures, then disappears altogether, sparking a growing "silent revolution." When Elena tries to find her, she discovers a world much quieter and stranger than anyone ever imagined. A slender novel of big ideas, The Silent Period probes at solitude--whether chosen or suffered, salvific or fatal--and our need for genuine connection."--Page 4 of cover.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Italy in 2024 as Il periodo del silenzio"--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 9781324106098
- 1324106093
- OCLC:
- 1519442184
- Publisher Number:
- 90104514553
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