Ebook {Epub PDF} Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone

In this poetic, prizewinning debut, Silvia Avallone captures the lost innocence of a generation. Harrowing yet ultimately redemptive,Swimming to Elba is a timely story about the power of a friendship and the way that family and economic dynamics shape our world. SWIMMING TO ELBA. translated by Antony Shugaar by Silvia Avallone. BUY NOW FROM. AMAZON Their own crowded shores of Piombino are littered with trash and drugs, while opposite, the pristinely white beaches of Elba beckon. Anna and Francesca will soon have to choose: work in the steel mills, marry a steel worker, or somehow escape to Elba. I will be completely honest and say I am not crazy about Swimming to Elba written by Silvia Avallone. Swimming to Elba is a coming of age or sorts for two thirteen year old girls who are on the brink of womanhood a little too soon than most would imagine/5.

A sensually charged novel about two girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy Anna and Francesca are on the brink of everything: high school, adulthood, and the edge of ambition in their provincial town. It's summer in Piombino, Italy, and in their skimpy bathing suits, flaunting their newly acquired curves, the girls suddenly have everyone in their thrall. Swimming to Elba is a literary masterpiece, and an international event. About the Author: Silvia Avallone is a poet and novelist. This first novel won second place in the Premio Strega, and rights have been sold in eighteen countries. She lives in Bologna, Italy. Silvia Avallone is an Italian poet and novelist. Published in Italy as Acciaio (Steel), Swimming to Elba won second place in the Premio Strega, and rights have been sold in fourteen countries. Avallone is twenty- seven years old and this is her first novel. Q.

Swimming to Elba: A Novel by Silvia Avallone. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , Silvia Avallone is a poet and novelist who was born in Biella, Italy, in and now lives in Bologna. Swimming to Elba, published in Italy as Acciaio, is her first novel. Antony Shugaar ’s recent translations include A Pimp’s Notes by Giorgio Faletti, Bandit Love by Massimo Carlotto, and Sandokan by Nanni Balestini. Swimming to Elba Silvia Avallone, trans. from the Italian by Antony Shugaar. Viking, $ ( p) ISBN Buy this book Avallone's engaging debut novel explores the troubled.