The Book of Homes
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The Book of Homes

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

From prizewinning Italian author Andrea Bajani: the secrets of a man and his country as seen through the eyes of the homes that have guarded them.

A finalist for Italy’s prestigious Strega Prize, The Book of Homes is a remarkable achievement: a sprawling story that unfolds across much of Italy and yet that is told within the confines of the homes of its characters—and often from the point of view of the homes themselves: the many homes that shaped our main character named “I,” though the novel is in third-person; the home of I’s childhood companion, a turtle in her shell; the final homes of two figures whose murders shattered a country: a kidnapped, murdered politician; a poet dead in the street, run over by his own car. . . Both chilling and touching, The Book of Homes is an ambitious coming-of-age story unlike any other. One that jumps from home to home, upstairs to downstairs, decade to decade, and slowly reveals the blueprints—the puzzle pieces—to a life’s story.

Extraordinary, emotionally resonant, and utterly unique, The Book of Homes affirms Andrea Bajani’s status as a major force in contemporary international literature, and dares readers to consider what they’d be willing to give up in order to keep themselves.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Epigraph
  5. 1. Underground Home, 1976
  6. 2. Home of the Radiator, 1998
  7. 3. Family’s Home, 2009
  8. 4. Underground Home, 1978
  9. 5. Home of Words, 2010
  10. 6. Home Beneath the Mountain, 1983
  11. 7. Turtle’s Home, 1968
  12. 8. Home of Sex, 1991
  13. 9. Family’s Self-Propelling Home, 2008
  14. 10. Relatives’ Home, 1985
  15. 11. Prisoner’s Home, 1978
  16. 12. Home of Adultery, 1994
  17. 13. Home of the Radio, 1999
  18. 14. Underground Home, 1975
  19. 15. Home of the Wardrobe, 2004
  20. 16. Underground Home, 2013
  21. 17. Home of the Mattress, 1997
  22. 18. Prisoner’s Home, 1982
  23. 19. Relatives’ Home, 1982
  24. 20. Family’s Elegant Home, 2011
  25. 21. Home of Savings, 2000
  26. 22. Home of Poet’s Death, 2018
  27. 23. Home of Stones, 1984
  28. 24. Home of Adultery, 1994
  29. 25. Home of the Tumor, 2007
  30. 26. Family’s Elegant Home, 2011
  31. 27. Home Beneath the Mountain, 1985
  32. 28. Red Home on Wheels, 1978
  33. 29. Home Inside the Fence, 1995
  34. 30. Home Over the Rooftops, 2004
  35. 31. Poet’s Last Home, 1962
  36. 32. Friendship Home, 1990
  37. 33. Home of the Newborn Furnishings, 2000
  38. 34. Home Beneath the Mountain, 1985
  39. 35. Forever Home, 2010
  40. 36. Home of Escaped Memories
  41. 37. Home Beneath the Mountain, 1983
  42. 38. Home of the Wardrobe, 2006
  43. 39. Prisoner’s Home, 1978
  44. 40. Parallel Home, 1991
  45. 41. Family’s Elegant Home, 2018
  46. 42. Home of the State, 1997
  47. 43. Underground Home, 1977
  48. 44. Underground Home/Sea Branch, 1988
  49. 45. Home of the Wardrobe, 2005
  50. 46. Home of Poet’s Secret, 1981
  51. 47. Home of Happiness, 2009
  52. 48. Home of Nonexistent Grandfather, 1980
  53. 49. Home of the Voice, 1994
  54. 50. Underground Home, 2001
  55. 51. Home Beneath the Mountain, 1984
  56. 52. Prisoner’s Home, 1978
  57. 53. Relatives’ Home, Home Inside the Fence, Home Over the Rooftops, 2005
  58. 54. Home of the Wardrobe, 2006
  59. 55. Home of Escaped Memories
  60. 56. Little Girl Grandma’s Home, 1982
  61. 57. Home Inside the Fence, 2012
  62. 58. Underground Home, 2005
  63. 59. Family’s Elegant Home, 2019
  64. 60. Friendship Home, 2017
  65. 61. Home of Poet’s Death, 2010
  66. 62. Home of the State, 1997
  67. 63. Family’s Elegant Home, 2017
  68. 64. Underground Home/Sea Branch, 1992
  69. 65. Home of the Gasometro, 2020
  70. 66. Red Home on Wheels, 1978
  71. 67. Underground Home, 1975
  72. 68. Home of Adultery/Branch Office, 1995
  73. 69. Home of the Return to Adolescence, 2014
  74. 70. Home of the Law, 2018
  75. 71. Poet’s Last Home, 1975
  76. 72. Turtle’s Home, 2048
  77. 73. Home Inside the Fence, 2011
  78. 74. Home of Dispersal, 2019
  79. 75. Friendship Home, 2020
  80. 76. Home of the Tumor, 2009
  81. 77. Home of Notes, 2021
  82. 78. Home of Escaped Memories
  83. Acknowledgments
  84. About the Authors