by Sandro Veronesi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788846208545
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«La forza del passato» is the suspense novel by Sandro Veronesi, published by RL Libri in paperback (250 pages, in Italian).
A man in his forties who writes books for children sees his life unravel when a taxi driver reveals a secret about his father: the recently deceased Christian Democrat military officer may have been a KGB spy. From then on, the protagonist begins to doubt everything he thought he knew about his family, his marriage, and his own identity.
The novel was originally published in 2000 and received the Campiello Prize and the Viareggio Rèpaci Literary Prize.
For readers of contemporary Italian fiction and suspense novels with family conflict.
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.
