by Siri Hustvedt · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806216313
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«L'estate senza uomini» is the novel by Siri Hustvedt, published by Einaudi in paperback (165 pages, in Italian).
After her husband's infidelity, Mia, a New York poet, spends time in Minnesota with her mother in a retirement home. That summer without men reveals to her a seemingly monotonous provincial life, but full of intense human relationships: cruel teenagers, elderly women with secrets, and conflicted suburban families.
Italian edition from 2013 in the Einaudi tascabili. Scrittori collection, translated by Gioia Guerzoni; the work was originally published in 2011 under the title The Summer Without Men.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in female protagonists and American provincial life.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
