Domenico Starnone

Domenico Starnone is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist

He is the author of thirteen works of fiction, including First Execution, Ties, a New York Times Editors Pick and Notable Book of the Year, and a Sunday Times and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, Trick, a Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award and the 2019 PEN Translation Prize, and Trust. The House on Via Gemito won Italy’s most prestigious literary prize, the Strega. Domenico Starnone was born in Naples and lives in Rome.

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Front cover of The House on Via Gemito with images of the author and translator.

A Q&A with Domenico Starnone and Oonagh Stransky, author and translator of The House on Via Gemito

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Reading guide: The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

Set against the vivid backdrop of 1960s Naples, The House on Via Gemito is the story of a would-be great artist whose talent is thwarted by the demands of family life

An extract from The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

Narrated against the vivid backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, Domenico Starnone’s The House on Via Gemito is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature

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The House on Via Gemito

Narrated against the vivid backdrop of Naples in the 1960s, The House on Via Gemito has established itself as a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature

Domenico Starnone

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A Q&A with Domenico Starnone and Oonagh Stransky, author and translator of The House on Via Gemito

Reading guide: The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

An extract from The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

All nominated books

The House on Via Gemito

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Domenico Starnone

Read more on House on Via Gemito

A Q&A with Domenico Starnone and Oonagh Stransky, author and translator of The House on Via Gemito

Reading guide: The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

An extract from The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

All nominated books

The House on Via Gemito

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An extract from The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

Reading guide: The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky

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