A claustrophobic chiller that became an international sensation, Ammaniti's blazing work revolves around the shocking discovery made by a nine-year-old boy and how such a loss of innocence can become crippling.
One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him, and will bring his innocent world toppling down.
Unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature, read and celebrated the world over.
MEDIA REVIEWS
An exquisite parable - Daily Telegraph
A deft masterpiece with never a false note - Guardian
Ammaniti's prose is faultless from the first - Independent on Sunday
The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti - The Times
Beneath this simplicity, Ammaniti weaves in the fairytale metaphors we know so well, giving the novel a haunting profundity - Sunday Herald
I'm Not Scared : A BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club Pick
A claustrophobic chiller that became an international sensation, Ammaniti's blazing work revolves around the shocking discovery made by a nine-year-old boy and how such a loss of innocence can become crippling.
One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him, and will bring his innocent world toppling down.
Unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature, read and celebrated the world over.
- Author: Niccolo Ammaniti
- Manufacturer: Canongate Books Ltd
- Language: Angļu valoda
- ISBN code: 9781782117155
- Cover type: Soft cover
- Year of publication:2016
- Number of pages:256
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