L'animale che mi porto dentro

Synopsis of L'animale che mi porto dentro

«L'animale che mi porto dentro» is the novel by Francesco Piccolo, published by Einaudi in hardback (232 pages, in Italian).

Francesco Piccolo narrates the formation of a contemporary man and his attempt, comic and dramatic, to escape the law of the pack: the distance between the man he would like to be and the animal he carries within. The narrative, lively and at times essayistic, draws on everyday episodes to dismantle the male code.

The original edition was published on 20 November 2018; the work is classified in the Library of Congress as PQ4876.I3143 A85 2018.

For readers of contemporary Italian fiction and for those seeking a lucid reflection on masculinity and identity.