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The Burning Origin

By Daniele Mencarelli

The Burning Origin

By Daniele Mencarelli

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A searing story about homecoming, set in Rome Gabriele Bilancini hasn't been home for four years. Home is the Tuscolano neighbourhood in Rome, where he was born and grew up with his parents, sister, and a tight-knit group of friends. Today, he lives in Milan and he's a world-famous designer. The perfect example of "making it".  Back home, nothing has changed. His friends' lives above all: everything is the same, as if no time at all had passed. Ashamed of his origins, but unsatisfied with his present, however successful, Gabriele finds himself enveloped into the sweet, suffocating embrace of the past. An embrace that will force him to confront the deep fracture within himself.  Mencarelli distills these elements with stunning clarity in a fast-paced novel. He offers us a passionate portrait of a Roman suburban neighbourhood that could be any suburb, real or imagined, where the protagonist nurtures a desire to express himself that is never satisfied, and a need to belong that can never be fulfilled.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
250
Release Date:
2025-12-04
Publication Date:
2025-12-04
Publisher:
Europa Editions UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1787706001
ISBN13:
9781787706002
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
202 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
209 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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