by Paola Mastrocola · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788882463755
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«Una barca nel bosco» is a novel by Paola Mastrocola, published in 2004 by U. Guanda (257 pages, in Italian).
Gaspare Torrente, son of a fisherman from southern Italy and a young Latinist, moves to Turin to study. Among classmates who do not share his interests, he feels like a fish out of water; school and university disappoint his expectations. A poplar planted in his adolescence will bring him an unexpected turn.
Winner of the Premio Campiello and the Premio Alassio Centolibri in 2004. Belongs to the Narratori della Fenice collection.
For readers of coming-of-age novels and contemporary Italian fiction: a story about talent, displacement, and criticism of the school system.
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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.
