WF081 Bilingual books: Eva Dorme (Eva Sleeps) by Francesca Melandri

  • 08 Feb 2019
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • WICE, 10 rue Tiphaine, 75015 Paris: metro La Motte Picquet Grenelle
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Francesca Melandri made her literary debut in 2010 with Eva Dorme, a critically acclaimed bestseller which deals with the complexities of love, family, political turmoil and the demands of two languages and two distinct heritages in the Alto Adige/South Tyrol region.  Eva Dorme is a novel about atonement, reconciliation. It was awarded Italy’s Gran Premio delle Lettrici di Elle in 2011.

Eva Dorme, c’est le bestseller de Francesca Melandri, la révélation littéraire de 2010.  Très applaudi par les critiques, ce roman nous plonge dans le petit univers de la région du Tyrol du Sud/Alto Adigo, où la tension italo-autrichienne, le conflit linguistique et le poids de deux cultures pèsent sur la vie des gens. Pour le magazine Elle, dont l’édition italienne lui ont décerné le prix du meilleur roman en 2011, cette histoire d’expiation et de réconciliation est « riche, intime et profonde, emportée par des personnages intelligents et vivement humains. »

Photo Credit: Europa Editions

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