Book
Last summer in the city
Call Number
- FICTION CALL (CEN)
Edition
First American edition.
Publication Information
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Physical Description
xxi, 167 pages ; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
In a city smothering under the summer sun and an overdose of la dolce vita, Leo Gazarra spends his time in an alcoholic haze, bouncing between run-down hotels and the homes of his rich and well-educated friends, without whom he would probably starve. At thirty, he?s still drifting: between professions that mean nothing to him, between human relationships both ephemeral and frayed. Everyone he knows wants to graduate, get married, get rich ? but not him. He has no ambitions whatsoever. Rather than toil and spin, isn?t it better to submit to the sweet alienation of the eternal city? Rome, sometimes a cruel and indifferent mistress, sometimes sweet and sublime. There can be no half measures with her, either she?s the love of your life or you have to leave her.
Notes
"Originally published in Italian in 2016 Bompiani / Rizzoli Libri S.p.A., Italy, as L'ultima Estate in Città."--Title page verso