The bitter water of the lake
Caminito, Giulia, 1988-2025
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In the 1990s, Gaia's family moves from the neglected peripheries of Rome to an idyllic lakeside town in search of a new life that will lift them out of poverty. Each of them bears their own scars: Gaia's mother is fiercely determined to secure a better future for her children at any cost; her father, a once proud man, now suffers in bitter silence after a devastating accident; her anarchist older brother rebels against the political apathy he sees at home; and her young twin brothers wordlessly bear witness to a family in decay. When Gaia meets two local girls, Agata and Carlotta, the trio builds a fragile friendship. Gaia's encounters with callous boys and contemptuous teachers convince her that she might always be an outsider - excluded from a privileged life and beyond the possibility of happiness.
Main title:
The bitter water of the lake / Giulia Caminito ; translated by Hope Campbell Gustafson.
Author:
Caminito, Giulia, 1988-, authorGustafson, Hope Campbell, translator
Imprint:
London : The Indigo Press, 2025.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781917378260 (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.92
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
4180604