LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny'I adored it' Naoise Dolan'Hilarious' Roddy Doyle'Thrillingly original' Monica AliVero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety; a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions; and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero's need to strike out on her own leads her into bizarre and comical situations, and a complicated relationship with truth and storytelling ...
»Ein Roman wie eine Party: Die Sprache schlägt Funken, stürzt sich ins Vergnügen und dringt bis in die verborgensten Winkel.« Claudia Durastanti Veronica Raimo erzählt von den Zumutungen des Erwachsenwerdens in einer ganz normalen unnormalen Familie. Dafür hat sie eine neue, so zarte wie präzise Sprache gefunden. Mit wunderbarem Humor zeichnet sie das ebenso chaotische wie wahrhaftige Bild einer jungen Frau im 21. Jahrhundert.Veronica fragt sich, wie sie zu der Frau werden konnte, die sie ist. Ihre Erinnerungen führen sie zurück in ihre gelinde gesagt eigenartige Familie. Es vergeht keine Party, bei der nicht irgendwann das Telefon klingelt und Helikopter-Mama Francesca anruft. Der Vater möchte, dass sich die Familie nur noch von Konservendosen ernährt, die vor dem Reaktorunglück von Tschernobyl eingeschweißt wurden, und baut in seiner Freizeit immer weitere zusätzliche Trennmauern in die Wohnung ein. Und dann gibt es auch noch den Bruder, eine Nervensäge und aufmerksamkeitsversessenes Genie. Dabei ist es schon so schwer genug, vom Mädchen zur Frau zu werden, und das am besten erfolgreich, emanzipiert und glücklich. Mit der preisgekrönten, autofiktionalen Tragikomödie »Nichts davon ist wahr« hat Veronica Raimo ein sehr lustiges Buch über die Tücken und Abgründe des Lebens geschrieben.
An accusation of rape upsets a utopian island community in this "e;provocative, fiercely intelligent"e; Italian novel (Daily Mail, UK).When "e;The Crash"e; brough entire nations to their knees, the island society of Miden-a place dedicated to fairness and equality-rose like a phoenix from the wreckage. While on vacation in this oasis, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man, and moves to the island to start a new life with him. Now six months pregnant, the woman is just beginning to feel comfortable in her lover's space. But all that changes when a girl arrives to accuse the man of rape.Slight and pretty, the girl discloses a drawn out and violent affair she's had with her professor, the father of the woman's child. In alternating perspectives, the professor and his girlfriend reflect upon their own lives, each other, and their interloper. As their idyllic society grapples with the scandal, boundaries blur and alliances shift as reputation, truth, and self-preservation threaten to upend their relationship.Provocative and unnerving, The Girl at the Door explores the bureaucracy of a scandal, and the thin line between lust and possession.
A tense, provocative and nuanced novel about a rape accusation in an idyllic commune from the author of the 2024 International Booker Prize-longlisted Lost on MeI was in my sixth month when the girl came knocking.The girl came empty handed. On the threshold, her hair down, her jeans tight.'Are you the professor's wife?' the girl asked me. 'I have to speak to you,' she said.'The professor raped me,' the girl said.
A tense, provocative and nuanced novel about a rape accusation in an idyllic commune from the author of the 2024 International Booker Prize-longlisted Lost on MeI was in my sixth month when the girl came knocking.The girl came empty handed. On the threshold, her hair down, her jeans tight.'Are you the professor's wife?' the girl asked me. 'I have to speak to you,' she said.'The professor raped me,' the girl said.
