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25 November 2022

L’età delle madri

by Vittorio Punzo
L’età delle madri

Domenico is 16 years old and has no intention of dealing with school anymore. He aspires to become a collage artist, but above everything else, he wants to prove the world that he is no longer a kid.His girlfriend Maria Vittoria is 21, and everything runs smoothly up until Domenico decides to meet her mother. That’s when the trouble begins. Maria Vittoria’s mother, Anna, welcomes him into their house of never-ending drinking, crazy quarrels and floor-cleaning robots. Unresolved traumas from the past are soon added to this enigmatic present, while the house where this unusual trio gets separated from the rest of the world keeps becoming more and more claustrophobic and dangerous – up until the point when Domenico asks himself “How can I go back to the start?”

  • Publishing house Alter Ego
  • Year of publication 2022
  • Number of pages 204
  • ISBN 9788893332132
  • Foreign Rights Vito di Battista
    (foreignrights@otago.it)
  • Awards Winner ‘Premio Città di Amantea’ Under 25, finalist and special mention of the Jury of ‘Premio Calvino’, selected for Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry
  • Price 16.00

Vittorio Punzo

Born in 1998, Vittorio Punzo lives near Naples. In 2019 he attended a creative writing class at Scuola Holden in Turin. L’età delle madri (‘A Mother’s Age’) is his debut novel, finalist and special mention of the Jury at Premio Calvino. In 2022 it won Premio Città di Amantea Under 25 and it selected for Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry 2023.

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