Fiction
Goodbye, Molly Buck
by Vito di Battista
Description
A debut novel that sings as the voice-over behind a Masterpiece.
Florence, 1977. Once a famous movie star, Molly Buck dies in a private clinic. Sitting outside the front gate, there is a young man that she chose as her biographer. In their sleepless nights together, he had meticulously recorded his muse’s memories and her life unfolds now through their voices. This is the beginning of a backwards tale that follows Molly Buck’s career, from her retirement to the splendor of her younger years. But nothing is ever as it seems...
L'ultima diva dice addio is a circular novel on memory and its lies, investigating the power of words and how it can be able to redeem a whole existence.
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Finalist at the 2020 ‘Argentario’ literary prize.
Finalist at the 2019 ‘Nabokov’ literary prize.
Finalist at the 2018 ‘Città di Como’ international literary prize.
Endorsements
“A fascinating prose that will bewitch you since the very first page.”
Pupi Avati [film director]
“The burning of distant sparks, coming from another world and another league.”
Renato Barilli [academic, writer and art critic]
Reviews
“One of the 12 must-read new Italian writers of 2018.”
«GQ»
“An enthralling walk down the memory lane, filled with breath-taking twists.”
«Corriere della Sera»
“A story that forces us to face our myths, our fears and the way that times relentlessly flees away.”
«Grazia»
“Remarkable and one of a kind.”
«L’Amletico»
Author Biography
Born in 1986, Vito di Battista studied Comparative Literature in Florence and Bologna.
He writes on «Nuovi Argomenti» literary magazine (Mondadori) and «Futura – Corriere della Sera».
His debut novel has been published by SEM.
Otago Literary Agency
Founded in 2010, Otago is a literary agency based in Bologna, Italy. We represent authors in Italy and abroad, foreign publishers and literary agencies in the Italian market, and we manage the foreign rights of Italian publishing houses. We are proud to be one of the founding members of ADALI, the first Association of Italian literary agents.
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- Publisher SEM
- Publication Date February 2018
- Orginal LanguageItalian
- ISBN/Identifier 9788893900409
- Publication Country or regionItaly
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 15 EUR
- Pages224
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleL'ultima diva dice addio
- Copyright Year2018
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