Domenico Starnone was born in Naples and lives in Rome. He is
the author of thirteen works of fiction, including First
Execution(Europa, 2009), Ties (Europa, 2017)
a Sunday Times Best Book of the
Year, Trick (Europa, 2018), a Finalist for the 2018
National Book Award and the 2019 PEN Translation Prize, Trust
(Europa, 2021), and The House on Via Gemito (Europa,
2023), winner of Italy’s most prestigious literary prize, the
Strega. It was longlisted for the International Booker Prize
2024.
Oonagh Stransky has been a translator of Italian literature for
over 20 years. Some of the writers whose work she has brought into
English include Pier Paolo Pasolini, Carlo Lucarelli, Giuseppe
Pontiggia, and Roberto Saviano. Stransky started studying Italian
at Middlebury Language Schools in 1986, got her BA in Comparative
Literature from Mills College and UC Berkeley in 1989, and her MA
in Italian from Columbia University in 2002. She currently lives in
Italy.
'"Domenico Starnone's most important book . . . robust, flawlessly
structured and luminously written."' - L'Indice
'"A cross-section of Neapolitan life, and a life-story expertly
told."' - Benevento
'"A masterpiece."' - Reading in Translation
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