A heart-rending story of deprivation and resilience in mafia-run Palermo
Alessandro D’Avenia teaches Ancient Greek, Latin and Italian Literature at a high school in Milan and is a regular contributor to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, writing on the subjects of literature and education. His debut novel, White as Milk, Red as Blood, was translated into twenty-two languages and turned into a film. Together with his second novel, it spent three years on the Italian fiction top ten bestseller list, selling more than one million copies in Italy alone. What Hell Is Not is his third novel. Jeremy Parzen studied Italian at UCLA. He is a translator, blogger, musician and wine writer. He lives in Houston, Texas.
‘A beautifully written novel, translated from the Italian, with a
heartwarming story... The language soars like a symphony. The notes
are in perfect pitch.’
*New York Journal of Books*
‘If, like me, you are a fan of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet,
I urge you to check out What Hell is Not.’
*Literary Hub*
‘A mature work that looks the theme of evil and violence in the
eye.’
*Libero*
‘Rich in figurative language... [the story is] equally rich in
characterization and setting.’
*Booklist*
‘D'Avenia convincingly conveys the extent of the deprivation and of
the reach of the Mafia's influence and control... [He] has a
lyrical touch amid the violence and the squalor.’
*Herald Scotland*
‘The dark story of Father Pino’s passion and death is a long shriek
of grief, but it is not in vain: it is also a hymn to love that
becomes beauty.’
*Antonia Arslan, author of Skylark Farm*
‘What Hell Is Not celebrates resilience in the face of deprivation
and the transformative power of small acts of love.’
*Fra Noi, Chicago*
‘Each short chapter of this book is a work of poetic beauty, some
showing the transformative power of love and some showing the
devastation that hate brings into the world.’
*Marjorie's World of Books, blog review*
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