![]() Immediately popular, Malacqua was championed by a literary giant known for his love of fables and narrative invention. It thus follows that this edition may be quite a moment for Anglophone devotees of translated literature, who have suddenly been granted access to a book that was formerly unknown. The book has now been translated into English, and for the very first time, by Shaun Whiteside - all thanks to the globally-curious folks at And Other Stories. Yet the author soon demanded Malacqua be taken out of print - the cause for such banishment unknown - and it remained so until 2013, after Pugliese’s death. Passionately discovered and published by Italo Calvino in 1977, the Italian novel became an instant sensation, selling out in a matter of days. Nicola Pugliese’s Malacqua comes to the English-speaking readership as a mysterious secret. ![]()
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