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   Jan 1, 2001 · The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting, tragic, and endlessly quotable, this translated edition features an introductory appreciation from longtime fan New York Times bestselling author André Aciman.

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   Aug 28, 2021 · GIANFRANCO CALLIGARICH’S Last Summer in the City is a slim masterpiece about a young man who moves to Rome, fails at journalism, fails at love, and ultimately...

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   • " [Calligarich's] Rome is a vibrant entity in his descriptions of the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, and the bustling market stalls of Campo de’ Fiori, while the sounds of summer―'voices in the trattorias on the square, the clatter of dishes, the melancholy sound of an out-of-tune trumpet'―lend a rich texture to this deeply haunting novel.

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   Gianfranco Calligarich is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist. He won the Viareggio Prize for Narrative in 2017.

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   Aug 10, 2021 · The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature.

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   Gianfranco Calligarich (Asmara, 1947) è uno scrittore, sceneggiatore, giornalista e paroliere italiano

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   Gianfranco Calligarich was born in Asmara, Eritrea, and grew up in Milan, then moved to Rome, where he worked as a journalist and screenwriter. He wrote many successful TV shows for Rai, the national public broadcasting company of Italy, and founded the Teatro XX Secolo in 1994.

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   Oct 15, 2021 · There are several strange circumstances connected with Last Summer in the City, the first published work by the Italian novelist, television-dramatist and screenwriter Gianfranco Calligarich. Originally issued in 1973 and now translated by Howard Curtis into English for the first time, the novel has encountered alternating periods of oblivion ...