Usodimare
by Franco, ErnestoA poignant story for a solo voice.
Captain Pepe Usodimare descends from a line of heroes born from the imagination of Melville, Conrad, or Pratt. In the heart of his cargo vessel that slowly advances towards “the infinite mud beach of Chittagong” where it will be demolished, Usodimare left his crew to deal with a mysterious search: find something that Nenè (a woman connected to him through some bad experiences) had hidden on his boat, the Bahía Inutil. Could it be a treasure or maybe just a love confession?
Usodimare only has the suspended time of that last journey to figure it out. But the course of the old merchant vessel, a mechanical whale where anything could still happen, is filled with unexpected incidents, dangers, mirages, and pirates. There is a destiny to accept, for both the ship and its captain.
- Publishing house Einaudi
- Year of publication 2024
- Number of pages 72
- ISBN 9788806265472
- Foreign Rights Valeria Zito
- Ebook www.einaudi.it
- Price 10.00
Franco, Ernesto
Ernesto Franco (Genoa, 11th August 1956 – 10th September 2024) translated works by Octavio Paz, Álvaro Mutis, and Julio Cortázar. He edited all of Cortázar’s short stories in the book I racconti (1994) for Einaudi’s “Pléiade” series. He published Isolario (Einaudi 1994), Vite senza fine (Einaudi 1999), Donna cometa (Donzelli 2020), Storie fantastiche di isole vere (Einaudi 2024) and Usodimare (Einaudi 2024).