Donatella Di Pietrantonio (All press)
- May 21 2025
"Dark and disturbing but fascinating."
— Reading the West - May 1 2025
"Winner of the Strega Prize, Di Pietrantonio's (A Sister’s Story, 2022) latest novel, once again translated from Italian by Goldstein, conjures a crime’s haunting impact across three generations of family, friends, and neighbors in an Italian mountain community."
— Booklist - Apr 7 2025
★"Gut-wrenching."
— Publishers Weekly - Jun 29 2022
“This slim novel proceeds like a thriller.”
— Cleveland Review of Books - Jun 6 2022
“...moves fluidly between the past and the present.”
— The New Yorker - Apr 11 2022
“An immersion experience.”
— Booklist - Feb 17 2022
“...another simmering, intense novel of dysfunctional relationships.”
— Shelf Awareness - Nov 12 2020
“A thought provoking and sensitive book.”
— TripFiction - Jul 3 2019
“...explores the arbitrariness of origin”
— New Statesman - Jun 29 2019
“...a captivating tale”
— The Economist - Jun 28 2019
“It has a bit of a Ferrante feel”
— Washington Post Book Club - Jun 13 2019
“...impressive narrative craft.”
— Washington Post - May 12 2019
“A gripping, deeply moving coming-of-age novel”
— Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) - Apr 22 2019
Best Books of Summer 2019
— Publishers Weekly