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SEPTEMBERValeria ParrellaFor Grace ReceivedTranslated from the Italianby Antony ShugaarModern-day Naples is a cityteeming with contradictions,a chaotic metropolis in whichmodernity collides with history,a frenetic port city whose inhabitantsare as volatile and as contraryas the city itself. From thisrough mix Valeria Parrella hasdrawn the four exceptionalnovellas that comprise For GraceReceived. Here is a portrait of aNaples spanning past and present:the end of the era of tobaccosmuggling and the unrestrainedspread of hard drugs; the vivacityof the traditional extended familyand the crushing solitude of countless anonymous loners; the fortitude ofyoung men and women forced to make ends meet while their parents servetime, and the long, hard haul of single mothers as they attempt to bring uptheir kids amidst violence and despair. In Valeria Parrella’s Naples, life,love and happiness must all be pursued with passion, or not at all.The stories in this collection represent some of the finest short fiction tohave emerged from Italy in recent years. Winner of the 2005 RenatoFusini Prize, the 2006 Zerilli-Marimò Prize, and among the finalists forItaly’s most prestigious literary award, the Strega, For Grace Receivedannounces the English debut of a remarkable new literary talent.• Author Tour: September 2009 (details t.b.a.)• Advance Reading Copies available• Reading Group Guide available at www.europaeditions.comTPO • pp 144 • ISBN: 978-1-933372-94-5 • $15.00 • Fiction/Short StoriesTrim Size: 5¼ x 8¼ • Pub month: September 2009 • Territories: World4