Maddalena Vaglio Tanet (Biella, 1985) studied literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore and at the University of Pisa. She got her PhD in contemporary literature from Columbia University in New York and now lives in the Netherlands. She works as a literary scout and has published poetry in Italian and German in several international journals, including Italian Poetry. Her first children’s book was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 2021.
A propulsive Strega Prize nominated debut about a community consumed in their search for a missing teacher
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One morning, a teacher disappears into the woods. As whispers fill her classroom and relatives scout the streets, she melts into a wild landscape. This is a darkly entrancing place where boars roam free, silver birches tower overhead, and the air is filled with ancient bird calls. Sinking deeper into a bed of moss and her own memories, the teacher seeks to escape the shocking news of a favourite student's death.
Back in town, behind shuttered windows and on factory floors, the mystery takes hold. Who is Silvia really? A teacher of rare kindness, living outside of expectations, or a solitary misfit without a family of her own? When a local child stumbles upon her hiding place, it seems at first like the search might be over. But what do you do with a missing woman who doesn't want to be found?
Lushly written and told with a mesmerising intensity, Untold Lessons is a suspense-filled debut about what it means to return to ourselves by an exhilarating new international talent.
Título : Untold Lessons
EAN : 9781805330080
Editorial : Pushkin Press
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