The Temptation to Be Happy by Marone, Lorenzo

The Temptation to Be Happy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781786071873)

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The Temptation to Be Happy by Marone, Lorenzo

The Temptation to Be Happy

$26.99
The Temptation to Be Happy by Marone, Lorenzo

The Temptation to Be Happy

$26.99
Format: Hardcover
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'Sad, funny, wise and unblinkingly honest, this is truly wonderful.' Daily Mail

'I like the smell of pines and the aroma of freshly washed laundry. I like the rattle of hail on windowpanes and the texture of volcanic rock. I like the light in the sky when the sun has gone down.'

Cesare is an unlikely hero. As he says himself, 'I am seventy-seven years old, and for seventy-two years and one hundred and eleven days I threw my life down the toilet...' Is it too late for him to rediscover his passion for love and life?

Already an international bestseller, The Temptation to Be Happy is a coming-of-age story like no other.

'Immensely charming... Uplifting and very much on the side of life.' Mail on Sunday

Author: Lorenzo Marone
ISBN-10: 1786071878
ISBN-13: 9781786071873
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/01/2017 pg. 17
By Lorenzo Marone
By Lorenzo Marone
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Lorenzo Marone was born in 1974. Originally trained as a lawyer, he gave up his career to follow his passion for writing. His first novel, The Temptation to Be Happy, is a major bestseller in Italy. It has been translated into fifteen languages and was used as the inspiration for a film released in Italy in April 2017. Lorenzo Marone lives in Naples with his wife and son.

Shaun Whiteside's translations from Italian include books by Tiziano Scarpa, Paolo Giordano, Melissa Panarello and Luther Blissett/Wu Ming Collective. He lives in London.

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