The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany by Naspini, Sacha
The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany by Naspini, Sacha

The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany

There is a village carved into the rock of the Maremma hinterland in Tuscany and its name...
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Author: Sacha Naspini
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Language: English
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The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany by Naspini, Sacha

The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany

$71.99 $40.00
The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany by Naspini, Sacha

The Malcontents: A Novel of Tuscany

$71.99 $40.00
Author: Sacha Naspini
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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There is a village carved into the rock of the Maremma hinterland in Tuscany and its name is Le Case. A dying country. A provincial trap. A microcosm of characters who are as vivid as they are universal, their days unchanging and at times tedious.

That is, until the small community is shocked by the arrival of Samuele Radi, born and raised in the heart of the old village, but lost long ago to the world beyond. His return home is the trigger for this magnificently sprawling, choral novel by the author of Nives.

Here is a story about destiny and attempts to change it, about dangerous passions, about games that involve love and death. Because in Le Case the human universe is at times unforgiving. A large cast of extraordinary and memorable characters (including Nives herself, from Naspini's well received English debut), complicated lives, and complex interpersonal relations: all of these overlap, collide, commingle in a story of secrets and lies. Fortunes are lost, revenge is plotted; there are religious conversions, betrayals, theft, joy, and misfortune; there is love and occasional tenderness. The very stuff of life animates Naspini's picaresque second novel, the book that catapulted him to national fame in his native Italy, and will surely bring many new readers to his distinctive, prize-winning fiction.


Author: Sacha Naspini
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781609459376

About the Author
Naspini, Sacha: -

Sacha Naspini was born in 1976 in Grosseto, a town in Southern Tuscany. He has worked as an editor, art director, and screenwriter, and is the author of numerous novels and short stories which have been translated into several languages. Nives, his first novel to appear in English, was reviewed on NPR's Fresh Air by Maureen Corrigan, who called it "delightful and affecting."


Botsford, Clarissa: -

Clarissa Botsford studied Italian at Cambridge and Comparative Education in London. She currently teaches English and Translation Studies at Roma Tre University. Her translations from the Italian include Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones, The Game by Alessandro Baricco, and the prose poems of Valerio Magrelli.


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