A Little Lumpen Novelita

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Gritty coming-of-age tale in Rome's underbelly.

This book is a raw and captivating journey through the underbelly of Rome, following the life of a young woman who finds herself entangled in a world of crime and darkness. With its electric prose and jagged, propulsive short chapters, A Little Lumpen Novelita presents a fractured fairy tale of taking control of one's fate. If you are looking for a gritty coming-of-age story that delves into the depths of human struggle and resilience, this book is a must-read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Little Lumpen Novelita

Regular price RM42.75 MYR
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ISBN: 9781447292913
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2016-04-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.65
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'Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime': so Bianca begins her tale of growing up the hard way in Rome in A Little Lumpen Novelita.Orphaned overnight as a teenager - 'our parents died in a car crash on their first vacation without us' - she drops out of school, gets a crappy job, sees a terrible brightness at night, and drifts into bad company. Her little brother brings home two petty criminals who need a place to stay. As the four of them share the family apartment and plot a strange crime, Bianca learns she can drift lower . . .Electric and tense with foreboding, with its jagged, propulsive short chapters beautifully translated by Natasha Wimmer, A Little Lumpen Novelita - one of the last novels Roberto Bolaño published - delivers a surprising, fractured fairy tale of taking control of one's fate.
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Gritty coming-of-age tale in Rome's underbelly.

This book is a raw and captivating journey through the underbelly of Rome, following the life of a young woman who finds herself entangled in a world of crime and darkness. With its electric prose and jagged, propulsive short chapters, A Little Lumpen Novelita presents a fractured fairy tale of taking control of one's fate. If you are looking for a gritty coming-of-age story that delves into the depths of human struggle and resilience, this book is a must-read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.