The night trembles : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION TERR (CEN, OSH)
Languages
In English, translated from the Italian.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2024]
Physical Description
169 pages : 22 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"'There is something stronger than pain, and that is habit.' Eleven-year-old Nicola knows this well. Each night he is tied up in the cellar by his mother, the wife of Calabria's biggest bergamot producer. There he waits for the sun to rise, and with it a sliver of freedom. On the other side of the sea, Barbara has just arrived in Messina and plans to escape her father, who pulls her towards marriage with a man she does not love. Liberty will be granted to both, but it will come at a very high price. On December 28th, 1908, the earth shakes. Europe's most devastating earthquake razes the cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria and, along with them, everything Nicola and Barbara have known. From the ruins, each must piece back together a life and start anew. Written in Nadia Terranova's distinctively lyric style, The Night Trembles is a melancholic ode to human resilience and the promise of the unknown"--