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Thirty-nine-year-old Italian literary superstar Niccolo Ammaniti's novel I'm Not Scared prompted gushing critical praise, hit international best-seller lists, and was made into a hit indie film. In I'll Steal You Away, Ammaniti takes his empathy for children and ability to conjure vivid, quirky characters straight out of the Italian countryside to fantastic literary heights. With profound tenderness, Ammaniti shines light on the broken hearts and misbegotten dreams of ordinary folks striving only for slightly better lives. Through the eyes of a fragile boy and a self-aggrandizing small-town lothario, he shows how two very different people each come to realize that redemption must come from within.

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Niccolo Ammaniti is the best novelist of his generation. -- Il Giornale Chilling and intimate, Ammaniti's work brings life to a deceptively quiet town and its wealth of eclectic and unsettling residents. Edge-of-the-seat-reading. Yet Ammaniti is more than a red-hot storyteller ... �he is also� an astute psychologist and sharp social critic. Teems with incident, wit, and pathos. A snapshot of small-town Italian life that could be, just as easily, a tale of small-town American life ... Ammaniti weaves almost seamlessly between his characters as they spiral slowly toward their inevitably sad conclusions. A-. Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini ... Besides his gift for turning pages, Ammaniti has a Dickensian touch for character study.... Anyone who thought The Bicycle Thief had told them all they needed to know about injustice has another think coming.

Niccolo Ammaniti is the best novelist of his generation. -- Il Giornale Chilling and intimate, Ammaniti's work brings life to a deceptively quiet town and its wealth of eclectic and unsettling residents. Edge-of-the-seat-reading. Yet Ammaniti is more than a red-hot storyteller ... Yhe is also an astute psychologist and sharp social critic. Teems with incident, wit, and pathos. A snapshot of small-town Italian life that could be, just as easily, a tale of small-town American life ... Ammaniti weaves almost seamlessly between his characters as they spiral slowly toward their inevitably sad conclusions. A-. Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini ... Besides his gift for turning pages, Ammaniti has a Dickensian touch for character study.... Anyone who thought The Bicycle Thief had told them all they needed to know about injustice has another think coming.

Haunted by the ghost of Federico Fellini ... Besides his gift for turning pages, Ammaniti has a Dickensian touch for character study.... Anyone who thought The Bicycle Thief had told them all they needed to know about injustice has another think coming.

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