Class

"The breakout novel by Francesco Pacifico, one of Italy's most acclaimed writers, hailed by Dana Spiotta as "brilliantly funny and weirdly subversive" Ludovica and Lorenzo live in Rome. She works in her family's bookstore, and he's a filmmaker--or, rather, a "filmmaker": so far, all he's produced is...

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Main Author: Pacifico, Francesco, 1977- (Author, Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: Brooklyn : Melville House, 2017.
Edition:First American edition.
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546 |a In English. Translated from the Italian edition (2014) by the author. 
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