Items related to The Breaking of a Wave
Winner of the 2015 Strega Prize for Young Authors
Shortlisted for the ALTA Italian Prose in Translation AwardA young girl struggles with her beloved brother's accidental death, her mother's depression, and fitting in at school in Fabio Genovesi's touching, funny, and imaginative new novel.
Thirteen-year-old Luna lives in a small town on the coast of Tuscany. She is smart and funny. When her beloved brother Luca drowns in a surfing accident, Luna's mother retreats into herself. At school, stricken by her loss yet determined to carry on, Luna makes a new friend and ally, the eccentric Zot, a boy from Chernobyl. Luna believes that Luca still speaks to her through a whale bone washed up on the nearby shore.
Luna's fantasies clash with the lies-even the well-intentioned ones--of the adult world in this touching, vibrant novel by the author of Live Bait. Luna is an unforgettable character--vivid, stubborn, highly imaginative, determined to become her own person.
Shortlisted for the ALTA Italian Prose in Translation AwardA young girl struggles with her beloved brother's accidental death, her mother's depression, and fitting in at school in Fabio Genovesi's touching, funny, and imaginative new novel.
Thirteen-year-old Luna lives in a small town on the coast of Tuscany. She is smart and funny. When her beloved brother Luca drowns in a surfing accident, Luna's mother retreats into herself. At school, stricken by her loss yet determined to carry on, Luna makes a new friend and ally, the eccentric Zot, a boy from Chernobyl. Luna believes that Luca still speaks to her through a whale bone washed up on the nearby shore.
Luna's fantasies clash with the lies-even the well-intentioned ones--of the adult world in this touching, vibrant novel by the author of Live Bait. Luna is an unforgettable character--vivid, stubborn, highly imaginative, determined to become her own person.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Fabio Genovesi was born in Forte dei Marmi in Versilia in 1974. He is the author of Live Bait (Other Press, 2014), which has been translated into over ten languages, an earlier novel, Versilia Rock City, the memoir Morte Dei Marmi (Laterza, 2012), and the Strega Prize winning-novel, The Breaking of a Wave.
Review:
Praise for The Breaking of a Wave
“But beneath the boundless flow of colorful anecdote, character portrait, and discursive dialogue in and around the Tuscan town of Forte dei Marmi, there's a story about the lonely daydreams of outsiders...this immense, good-natured, self-indulgent tale offers a cumulative celebration of life in shaggy dog form.”
—Kirkus
"Open the book to any page...and find there traces of impeccable humor and of daring magic, of innocence and of sensuality, as if the entire book had been animated by a single, unique breath of life."
—Aldo Grasso, Corriere della Sera
"A timeless tale of the power of imagination and of the strength possessed solely by those still capable of astonishment, of the extraordinary experience of being unconventional, even when suffering may sometimes be the consequence."
—Elena Masuelli, TuttoLibri-La Stampa
“But beneath the boundless flow of colorful anecdote, character portrait, and discursive dialogue in and around the Tuscan town of Forte dei Marmi, there's a story about the lonely daydreams of outsiders...this immense, good-natured, self-indulgent tale offers a cumulative celebration of life in shaggy dog form.”
—Kirkus
"Open the book to any page...and find there traces of impeccable humor and of daring magic, of innocence and of sensuality, as if the entire book had been animated by a single, unique breath of life."
—Aldo Grasso, Corriere della Sera
"A timeless tale of the power of imagination and of the strength possessed solely by those still capable of astonishment, of the extraordinary experience of being unconventional, even when suffering may sometimes be the consequence."
—Elena Masuelli, TuttoLibri-La Stampa
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherEuropa Editions
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1609453875
- ISBN 13 9781609453879
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 15.56
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 1609453875-2-1
Buy New
US$ 15.56
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-1609453875-new
Buy New
US$ 15.58
Convert currency
Seller Image
Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 26957072-n
Buy New
US$ 13.01
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Breaking of a Wave (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Europa Editions 3/21/2017
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Breaking of a Wave 1.25. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781609453879
Buy New
US$ 15.66
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-9781609453879
Buy New
US$ 11.94
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave Format: Paperback
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9781609453879
Buy New
US$ 12.26
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Breaking of a Wave by Genovesi, Fabio [Paperback ]
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781609453879
Buy New
US$ 16.33
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2811580126390
Buy New
US$ 14.82
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781609453879
Buy New
US$ 19.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Breaking of a Wave
Published by
Europa Editions
(2017)
ISBN 10: 1609453875
ISBN 13: 9781609453879
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ00EMTB_ns
Buy New
US$ 20.12
Convert currency