About the Author

Mariapia Veladiano's first novel A Life Apart was published after winning the Premio Calvino, a prize for unpublished writers. It went on to be shortlisted for the Premio Stega, the most prestigious of Italian literary prizes.

Reviews

'Veladiano's writing is elegant and stylish, and is able to capture the reader with its surrealist yet believable story' La Repubblica. * La Repubblica *