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

This coming week is going to be a great week for Niccolò Ammaniti fans as his latest novel The Crossroads, finally enjoys its official English-language launch at a special event at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on Tuesday evening (13th … [Read more...]

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

Hey ciao everyone! Come è a tutti? ...Hehehe..Ok enough of my atrocious attempt at trying to speak a different language. Let me assure you that I'm not suddenly turning Italian, because aside from anything else I'm just not good-looking enough :o)). … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

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

UK fans of Niccolò Ammaniti, myself included, will be excited to hear that Canongate are releasing the English translation of his latest award-winning novel The Crossroads in January 2009. Canongate are also promising big events around the launch, … [Read more...]