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    Hollow Heart

    By Viola Di Grado

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    In this courageous, inventive, irreverent, and shrewd novel, Viola Di Grado tells the story of a suicide and what follows. She gives voice to an astonishing vision of life after life, portraying the awful longing and sense of loss that plague the dead, together with the solitude provoked by the impossibility of communicating. The afterlife itself is seen as a dark, seething place where one is preyed upon by the cruel and unrelenting elements. Hollow Heart will frighten as it provokes, enlighten as it causes concern. If ever there were a novel that follows Kafka’s prescription for a book to be an axe for the frozen sea within us, it is Hollow Heart.

    In this, Di Grado’s second novel after 70% Acrylic 30% Wool, the twenty-seven-year-old prodigy gives proof of her reputation as a singular and explosive talent.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEuropa Editions
    Release dateJun 11, 2015
    ISBN9781787700635
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    Viola Di Grado

    Viola Di Grado's novels include Strega finalist and Campiello Award-winning 70% Acrylic 30% Wool and PEN Award Finalist Hollow Heart. She holds a degree in Eastern Languages from the University of Turin and a Masters from the University of London. She lives in London.

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      Quite a lively book