Untold Lessons
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- Paperback published on 12/09/2024
- Page count: 272 pages
- ISBN: 9781805330073
Quick take
The award-winning literary thriller from one of Italy's most exciting feminist writers, for fans of Sophie Mackintosh, Elena Ferrante and Sarah Moss
Synopsis
One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scour the streets, she melts into a wild landscape – a darkly entrancing place where boars roam free, silver birches tower overhead and the air is filled with ancient bird calls. Sinking into a bed of moss, she tries to escape the shocking news of a pupil’s death.
Back in town, behind shuttered windows and on factory floors, the mystery takes hold. Who is Silvia really? A teacher of rare kindness, living outside of other people’s expectations, or a solitary misfit without a family to call her own? When a local child stumbles upon her hiding place, it seems like the search might be over. But what happens when the missing do not want to be found?
About the author
Maddalena Vaglio Tanet studied literature at the University of Pisa and at Columbia University in New York. After several years in Berlin, she recently moved to the Netherlands, where she works as a literary scout. She has published poetry in Italian and German and three children's books. Untold Lessons is her first novel. It was shortlisted for the Strega Prize, the Flaiano Book Prize, the Fiesole Book Prize, and was awarded the Segafredo Prize for a movie adaptation. It is being translated into several languages.
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