Last Summer in the City
Gianfranco Calligarich
Translated by Howard Curtis
19 August 2021Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
A cult classic of Italian literature, published in English for the first time, with an afterword by André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name.
'A masterpiece' - Le Figaro
'Dazzling in every detail' - Elle
In the late 1960s, Leo Gazzara leads a precarious life in Rome. He spends his time in an alcoholic haze, bouncing between bars, uninspiring jobs, romantic...
Details
19 August 2021176 pages
9781529042276Imprint: Picador
Reviews
The true quality of this novel is the way it enlightens, with a desperate clearness, a relationship between a man and a city, that is, between crowd and lonelinessNatalia Ginzburg
The most beautiful love story of the yearIl Giornale
A masterpieceLe Figaro
Dazzling in every detailElle
