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Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

Amara Lakhous
3.70/5 (2126 ratings)
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The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author ( Publishers Weekly ).

Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building’s elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim’s neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome.
With language as colorful as the neighborhood it describes, each character takes his or her turn “giving evidence.” Their various stories reveal much about the drama of racial identity and the anxieties of a life spent on society’s margins, but also bring to life the hilarious imbroglios of this melting pot Italian culture.

“Their frequently wild testimony teases out intriguing psychological and social insight alongside a playful whodunit plot.”― Publishers Weekly
Format:
Pages:
131 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
43596th
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1933372613
ISBN13:
9781933372617
kindle Asin:
B079MFLTXJ

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

Amara Lakhous
3.70/5 (2126 ratings)
Read Download
The immigrant tenants of a building in Rome offer skewed accounts of a murder in this prize-winning satire by the Algerian-born Italian author ( Publishers Weekly ).

Piazza Vittorio is home to a polyglot community of immigrants who have come to Rome from all over the world. But when a tenant is murdered in the building’s elevator, the delicate balance is thrown into disarray. As each of the victim’s neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome.
With language as colorful as the neighborhood it describes, each character takes his or her turn “giving evidence.” Their various stories reveal much about the drama of racial identity and the anxieties of a life spent on society’s margins, but also bring to life the hilarious imbroglios of this melting pot Italian culture.

“Their frequently wild testimony teases out intriguing psychological and social insight alongside a playful whodunit plot.”― Publishers Weekly
Format:
Pages:
131 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
43596th
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1933372613
ISBN13:
9781933372617
kindle Asin:
B079MFLTXJ

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