by Paola Mastrocola · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788846208279
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«Una barca nel bosco» is the Italian novel by Paola Mastrocola published by RL Libri in paperback (257 pages, in Italian).
Gaspare Torrente, a young man from a small island in southern Italy with a gift for Latin, moves to Turin to study. There he feels out of place: his classmates do not share his interests and his teachers do not value his talent. The novel addresses alienation, identity and the shortcomings of the education system.
The novel was awarded the Premio Campiello and the Premio Alassio Centolibri; it was originally published in 2004.
For readers of Italian fiction and coming-of-age novels with a school setting and social critique.
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Paola Mastrocola is an Italian writer. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for La gallina volante in 2001.
