by Margaret Mazzantini · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804536581
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«Non ti muovere» is the novel by Margaret Mazzantini, published by Mondadori in paperback (295 pages, in Italian).
A teenage girl suffers a motorbike accident and is admitted to the hospital where her father, the surgeon Timoteo, works. While his daughter is being operated on, he waits in anguish and, in an imaginary dialogue with her, reveals a hidden truth: the extramarital passion that dragged him away from his bourgeois life and confronted him with his darkest side.
It belongs to Mondadori's Oscar Bestsellers collection. The novel won the Strega Prize and the Rapallo Prize in 2002.
For readers of contemporary Italian fiction seeking an intimate drama about family, secrecy and the consequences of passion.
Margaret Mazzantini is an Italian-Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980, starring in the cult horror classic Antropophagus. She has also appeared on television and in the theatre. As a successful writer, her novels include Non ti muovere, which was adapted into the namesake film and is directed by her husband Sergio Castellitto and stars Penélope Cruz. Her career as a writer and actress has earned her several awards and nominations, including Campiello Awards, a Golden Ticket Award, and a Goya Award.
