They've announced that the 2012 Premio Strega -- the leading Italian book prize -- goes to Inseparabili, by Alessandro Piperno.
(Amazingly, they manage to misspell the winning title at the official site -- but, hey, at least they announce it there.)
Some 400 voters get to vote on this and, boy, was it close: Inseparabili got 126 votes to 124 for Qualcosa di scritto by Emanuele Trevi, and 119 for Il silenzio dell'onda by Gianrico Carofiglio; interestingly, in the voting for the five finalists the Piperno only came in third.
I'm more of a Carofiglio- than Piperno-fan, but I haven't seen either of these; get your copy of Inseparabili at Amazon.it.
Some 400 voters get to vote on this and, boy, was it close: Inseparabili got 126 votes to 124 for Qualcosa di scritto by Emanuele Trevi, and 119 for Il silenzio dell'onda by Gianrico Carofiglio; interestingly, in the voting for the five finalists the Piperno only came in third.
I'm more of a Carofiglio- than Piperno-fan, but I haven't seen either of these; get your copy of Inseparabili at Amazon.it.