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The Past is a Foreign Country

2005 Bancarella Award 

It is a scorching summer. Lieutenant Giorgio Chiti-an introverted man haunted by an overwhelming sense of anguish-spends his sleepless nights hunting a serial rapist who haunts the city and law enforcement. Giorgio is also the name of a model law student, a son of Bari's middle class, set on an orderly and ordinary destiny. One evening, however, he crosses paths with Francesco, a peer with an unsavory reputation, a cheat at the gambling tables, a charming and dangerous manipulator. From that moment his life changes forever. At the heart of this unforgettable coming-of-age novel-a painful and violent story about friendship and betrayal-is the tale of the everyday evil that dwells in Francesco's dark soul, but also the dizzying narrative of the fascination that that evil exerts on Giorgio and his unwitting desire for freedom from the constraints of a mundane life.

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Publication date: 01.09.2004
Publisher: Rizzoli
Number of Pages: 297
Country: Italy

Editions +
Il passato è una terra straniera Rizzoli - Vintage
Italy
10 June 2015
The Past is a Foreign Country Rizzoli - Best BUR
Italy
1 January 2013
Il passato è una terra straniera Rizzoli - BUR Extra
Italy
1 January 2010
Il passato è una terra straniera Rizzoli - BUR
Italy
1 January 2006
Il passato è una terra straniera Mondolibri
Italy
1 January 2004
El pasado es una tierra extraña El ateneo
Argentina
30 August 2005
Le passé est une terre étrangère (paperback) Payot & Rivages
France
1 June 2013
Le passe est une terre etrangere Payot & Rivages
France
1 January 2009
Die Vergangenheit ist ein gefährliches Land Goldmann
Germany
1 January 2009
Il passato è una terra straniera Modern Times
Greece
1 January 2009
Trecutul e un pamant strain Leda
Romania
1 January 2009
Il passato è una terra straniera Inostranka
Russia
1 January 2009
El pasado es un país extranjero Plata
Spain and Mexico
1 January 2009
GEÇMİŞ YABANCI BİR TOPRAKTIR Neden Kitap
Turkey
1 January 2006
The past is a foreign country Old Street Publishing
UK
1 January 2007
Il passato è una terra straniera (paperback) Old Street Publishing
UK
1 January 2007
The past is a foreign country Minotaur Books
USA
1 January 2010
Quá khứ là miền đất lạ Nhā Nam
Vietnam
1 October 2012
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Argentina: El Ateneo
France: Payot & Rivages
Germany: Goldmann
Greece: Modern Times
Romania: Leda
Russia: Inostranka
Spain and Mexico: Plata
Turkey: Neden Kitap
UK: Old Street Publishing
US: Minotaur Books
Vietnam: Nhã Nam

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