by Sandro Veronesi · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246724315
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«Chaos calme» is the novel by Sandro Veronesi, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (504 pages, in French).
Pietro Palladini has just lost his wife, Lara, and settles into his car outside his daughter's school in Milan. From that motionless position he watches friends, colleagues and strangers who come to talk to him; all end up revealing their cracks and secrets. A polyphonic story about grief and waiting, seeking calm amid chaos.
French translation by Dominique Vittoz; the Italian original, «Caos calmo», was published in 2005. Winner of the 2008 Femina Prize for Foreign Novel.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in European novels about grief, observation and introspection.
Sandro Veronesi is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career in his mid to late twenties. Veronesi published his first book at the age of 25, a collection of poetry that has remained his only venture into verse writing. He has since published five novels, three books of essays, one theatrical piece, numerous introductions to novels and collections of essays, interviews, screenplays, and television programs.
