Night conversation

Author's name: Sasha Naspini

One evening, Mrs. Neves's favorite chicken suffers a strange health problem, so she calls the town veterinarian. Their phone conversation takes many unexpected turns, revealing complex old relationships that hold many secrets and mysteries, and reopening old books and accounts that hadn't been closed at the time. We find ourselves faced with mysterious incidents, lost love stories, squandered opportunities, and wounds that have never healed.

With precise, sharp narration and stunning honesty, Sacha Naspini delves into the depths of our shared humanity and poses an important question: What is our life really made of: missed opportunities or ones life has given us?

An engaging and profound novel by one of the most important new voices in Italian literature, it has captured attention and been translated into several languages. We present it in a faithful and elegant translation by Amani Fawzy Habashi.