So People Know It's Me (eBook)

Francesca Maria Benvenuto (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
160 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-176-6 (ISBN)

Infos

'Love Ferrante? Read this. . . follows one young man's self-realisation in a foreboding juvenile prison' Telegraph
'An extraordinary tale of crime and punishment in Naples. . . Moving and thought-provoking, the novel deserves to appear on prize lists' FT
Zeno is fifteen years old, a minor by law, but he grew up long ago in the dusty heat of Naples. Winding down cobbled streets on his motorbike, he delivers baggies and picks pockets, doing whatever it takes to put food on the table and steal a few precious moments of freedom with his girlfriend, Natalina, in the city's starlit piazzas.
That's until a rival gang member pulls up beside him with a gun, and Zeno ends up on the brutal prison island of Nisida. Separated from all he loves by the cruel, glittering sea, with a cell window looking out at distant beaches, Zeno promises to write down the story of his life in exchange for a visit home. But the sea has eyes everywhere, and someone on the outside wants revenge.
Boldly original and deeply humane, So People Know It's Me unleashes Zeno's luminous, unguarded and defiant voice - dreaming of a fragile future beyond Nisida's walls.

Autor

Francesca Maria Benvenuto was born in Naples in 1986. She graduated with a Law degree in 2009 and completed a PhD in International Criminal Law in 2012. That same year she moved to Paris to study for a Master's Degree in Criminal Law at the Sorbonne. She then started her own law firm in Paris, where she currently works as a criminal lawyer. She is also studying for a Modern Languages degree at the University of Turin. Her debut novel, So People Know It's Me, was published in Italy by Mondadori in 2024.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2025
• Übersetzer: Elizabeth Harris
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: dreaming of escape • finding hope • flawed criminal justice system • gun shootout • inspirational teacher • isolated island • Italian literary fiction • juvenile prison • long prison sentence • Male friendships • Naples • neopolitan dialect • prison-island • Prison Reform • young offendor • Zeno
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-176-0 / 1805331760
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-176-6 / 9781805331766