Lost on Me
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Lost on Me
Lost on Me
A delightfully funny, bestselling, prize-winning Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN FLORIO PRIZE 2024
The 100,000 copy Italian bestseller for fans of Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy
'Deliciously enjoyable' Katherine Heiny
'I adored it' Naoise Dolan
'Hilarious' Roddy Doyle
'Thrillingly original' Monica Ali
Lost on Me tells the story of Vero, who has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero's need to strike out on her own leads her into bizarre and comical situations, and a complicated relationship with truth and storytelling ...
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780349017693
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 April 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Contributors:
- Translated by Leah Janeczko
- Translated by Leah Janeczko
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost On Me (Niente di Vero) was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Giovani Prize and the Viareggio Repaci Prize. She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, and her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. Le Guin. She lives in Rome.
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