by Paolo Giordano · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498385038
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«El cuerpo humano» is the coming-of-age and war fiction novel by Paolo Giordano, published by Salamandra in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
A platoon of young soldiers arrives at the forward base Ice, in Afghanistan, under the command of Second Lieutenant Antonio René. Medical Lieutenant Alessandro Egitto extends his service to escape family problems. Amid the heat, boredom, and waiting for an almost unreal enemy, friendships and rivalries grow as they face the transition to adulthood.
It is Paolo Giordano's second novel, originally «Il corpo umano» (2012), in a translation by Patricia Orts. Salamandra Narrativa collection.
Aimed at adult and young readers aged 16 and over interested in literary fiction, the war in Afghanistan, and coming-of-age novels.
Paolo Giordano is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers.
