

Nives
Author: Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford
Narrator: Lesa Lockford
Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/24/2021
Categories: Fiction, Psychological, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Author: Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford
Narrator: Lesa Lockford
Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/24/2021
Categories: Fiction, Psychological, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Sacha Naspini is the author of numerous novels and short stories that have been translated into several languages. Born in Grosseto, a town in Southern Tuscany, he has worked as an editor, an art director, and a screenwriter. Nives is his first novel to appear in English.
Clarissa Botsford has translated several works from the Italian, including Elvira Dones’s Sworn Virgin, Alessandro Baricco’s The Game, and the prose poems of Valerio Magrelli. She studied Italian at Cambridge and Comparative Education in London and currently teaches English and Translation Studies at Roma Tre University.
Lesa Lockford is an experienced voiceover artist and actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. A professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, she teaches courses in voice for the actor, dialects, acting, and performance studies. She is also a writer and performer. Before becoming a teacher, she worked as a professional actor in Great Britain, where she appeared in a variety of roles in television, in film, and on the stage.
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