I'm Not Scared
A BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club Pick
Niccolo Ammaniti author Jonathan Hunt translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Published:16th Jun '16
£9.99
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A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him, and will bring his innocent world toppling down.
An unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature, read and celebrated the world over.
An exquisite parable * * Daily Telegraph * *
A deft masterpiece with never a false note * * Guardian * *
Ammaniti's prose is faultless from the first * * Independent on Sunday * *
The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti * * The Times * *
Beneath this simplicity, Ammaniti weaves in the fairytale metaphors we know so well, giving the novel a haunting profundity * * Sunday Herald * *
- Winner of Viareggio Prize 2001 (UK)
ISBN: 9781782117155
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 191g
256 pages
Main - Canons Edition