Class

Class

"Plainly the work of a forceful and ambitious writer... (Class) is like little else Iâ‚¬ve read in recent years.â‚¬Â â‚¬"Dwight Garner, The New York Times

The breakout novel by Francesco Pacifico, one of Italyâ‚¬s most acclaimed writers, hailed by Dana Spiotta as â‚¬Å“brilliantly funny and weirdly subversiveâ‚¬Â

Ludovica and Lorenzo live in Rome. She works in her familyâ‚¬s bookstore, and heâ‚¬s a filmmakerâ‚¬"or, rather, a â‚¬Å“filmmakerâ‚¬Â: so far, all heâ‚¬s produced is one pretentious short film that even his friends donâ‚¬t take seriously. But somehow, he gets a scholarship to Columbia University, and the couple decide to head to New Yorkâ‚¬"specifically, to Williamsburg: the promised land.
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They soon fall in with a group of Italian expatsâ‚¬"all of them with artistic ambitions and the family money to support those ambitions indefinitely. Thereâ‚¬s Nicolino, the playboy; Marcello, the aspiring rapper; Sergio, the literary scout; and a handful of others. These languidly ambitious men and women will come together and fall apart, but can they escape their fates? Can anyone?
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In Class, Francesco Pacifico gives a grand, subversive, formally ambitious social novel that bridges Italy and America, high and low, money and art. A novel that channels Virginia Woolf and Kanye West, Henry Miller and Lilâ‚¬ Wayne, Class is an unforgettable, mordantly funny account of Italians chasing the American dream.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-05-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612195933

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-05-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612195933

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