“It remains unclear whether this novel is an allegory of hopelessness or a feminist manifesto. The narrative allows for many interpretations and perhaps most importantly it’s a comedy.”
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
“Sparkling … The tone is mellifluous throughout … Multi-award-winning Italian author Franzosini’s English-language debut is an irresistible, elegantly conceived example of biographical fiction.”
Library Journal