EARTHQUAKE I.D.

by JOHN DOMINI

Overview

The first novel in John Domini's Naples trilogy, Earthquake I.D. appeared in spring '07. Set in a famously troubled and romantic Southern Italian seaport, following the next earthquake, the story combines family and social crises with an element of fantasy and pervasive humor. The novel won wide critical praise and was nominated for a Pulitzer and other prizes. Richard Ford, an earlier Pulitzer winner, called it "a wonderful novel of an old-fashioned sort...a rich feast." Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville, called Domini "a writer of the world, with a deft talent for negotiating the currents of our age."In April 2009, an Italian translation appeared, under the title Terremoto Napoletano. Again reviews have been strong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597090766
Publisher:	Red Hen Press
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

What People are Saying About This

Steve Erickson

Breaking up is always hard to do, and all the harder when you throw in a son with christ-like powers, an Italian earthquake, hunger strikers, and a NATO representative with a secret agenda. Domini writes with sympathy and complexity about a mother's struggle to begin the next phase of her life, both wanting to be a saint and wanting to be herself as the world swirls menacingly around her. Unique and compelling"—Brian Evenson. "John Domini is a writer of the world, with a deft talent for negotiating the currents of our age, and in Earthquake I.D. he palpably distills the seductive and malevolent chaos that is naples.