Ties

Domenico Starnone

Original title: Lacci

Translated by Jhumpa Lahiri earliest edition we have, 2014 Europa Editions, 2017 150 pages

Ties is the story of a marriage. Like many marriages, this one has been subject to strain, to attrition, to the burden of routine. Yet it has survived intact. Or so things appear. The rupture in Vanda and Aldo's marriage lies years in the past, but if one looks closely enough, the fissures and fault lines are evident. Their marriage is a cracked vase that may shatter at the slightest touch. Or perhaps it has already...

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This book in English

Jhumpa Lahiri 2 printings we hold · 2017 · Europa Editions, Incorporated

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Editions we hold

Laços paperback · 2017 · Todavia · 9788593828089
Ties edition · 2017 · Europa Editions, Incorporated · 144 pages · 9781609453862
Ties edition · 2017 · Europa Editions · 150 pages · 9781609453855
Lacci edition · 2014 · 133 pages · 9788806194796

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