Talking with Niccolo Ammaniti: A day to remember!

Once in a while a day comes along where events are so memorable that the day is marked in your mind for life. It was a day like this for me yesterday when I got to speak live, albeit virtually, to one of my favourite contemporary authors Niccolò Ammaniti. To mark the launch of [...]

Afterthoughts: The Crossroads by Niccolò Ammaniti

As Niccolò Ammaniti’s latest novel hits the shelves in its English translation, I share my ‘afterthoughts’ on what turns out to be quite a remarkable novel.

Niccolò Ammaniti: English launch of ‘The Crossroads’ and live Q&A

This week sees the launch of the English version of Niccolo Ammaniti’s latest novel The Crossroads, together with a live Q&A with the author on the World Literature Forum

Catching up: Some 2nd-hand pre-Christmas reading additions – Part Two

I’ve added another trio of great 2nd-hand books to my shelves, including one that can only be described as ‘Italian Gold’.

Forethoughts – ‘50 Novels’ #13: I’m Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti

Revealed – The latest read in my ‘50 Novel’ reading challenge. It’s a novel that’s wholly Italian in nature and it’s one that I’m tagging an additional read with – one I’m really excited about!

Ammaniti and Coetzee: Seeing double?

After announcing the UK launch of Niccolò Ammaniti’s The Crossroads earlier tonight, I got to thinking just how much the cover for The Crossroads looks like the cover for Coetzee’s 1999 Booker Prize winning novel Disgrace.

There’s undoubtedly some kind of dog ‘n’ dirt-road theme going on isn’t there? )
Update: Now that I have [...]

Niccolò Ammaniti’s ‘The Crossroads’ set for UK launch in January 2009

Coming to the UK in January – the English translation of Niccolò Ammaniti’s award-winning novel ‘The Crossroads’.