Nives, Sacha Naspini
Nives, Sacha Naspini
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Nives

Author: Sacha Naspini, Clarissa Botsford

Narrator: Lesa Lockford

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2021


Synopsis

Meet Nives: widow, Tuscan through-and-through, survivor. Nives recently lost her husband of fifty years. She didn’t cry when she found him dead in the pig pen, and she didn’t cry at the funeral, but now loneliness has set in. When she decides to bring her favorite chicken inside for company, she is shocked, confused, and a little bit guilty to discover that the chicken’s company is a more-than-adequate replacement for her dead husband. But one day, Giacomina goes stiff in front of the tv. Unable to rouse the paralyzed chicken, Nives has no choice but to call the town veterinarian, Loriano Bottai, an old acquaintance of hers. What follows is a phone call that seems to last a lifetime, a phone call that becomes a novel. Their conversation veers from the chicken to the past—to the life they once shared, the secrets they never had the courage to reveal, wounds that never healed. This novel reverberates with the kinds of stories we tell ourselves at night when we cannot sleep: stories of love lost, of abandonment, of silent and heart-breaking nostalgia, of joy and laughter and despair. With delicate yet sharp prose and raw, astonishing honesty, Sacha Naspini bravely explores the core of our shared humanity.

About Sacha Naspini

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.

About Clarissa Botsford

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.

About Lesa Lockford

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by piperitapitta on December 08, 2019

Le vite rubate degli altri Arrivati alla fine della storia viene da chiedersi quale sia la gabbia: se quella fisica e delimitata da pareti inaccessibili da fuori e insormontabili da dentro del container dove Laura è stata chiusa per quattordici anni da quando ne aveva sette, o quella priva di confini......more

Goodreads review by Daniele on August 03, 2021

Applausi per Naspini. Riuscire a concentrare una trama così coinvolgente e personaggi così ben delineati in sole 200 pagine non è certo facile, ma lui ci riesce alla grande. Una piccola gemma quasi perfetta. Portavamo la stessa ferita; seppure da prospettive diverse condividevamo il medesimo dolore:......more

Goodreads review by Federica on March 15, 2023

"Senza la gabbia sei niente. Tutti credono il contrario, ma la verità è questa: non sei mai uscita da lì" Il 12 agosto 1999 Laura,otto anni, scompare. Quattordici anni dopo viene trovata viva in un container. Luca sta cenando con suo padre, uno stimato antropologo, quando la polizia fa irruzione nell......more

Goodreads review by Liz on May 13, 2021

Oxygen is one of the most quietly disturbing novels I’ve read this year, a contemplative and sometimes harrowing snapshot of the affect on several lives of one man’s horrific actions. We follow Luca, who loves his father but has to reassess his whole life after his Dad is arrested for kidnap and murd......more

Goodreads review by LettriceAssorta on September 29, 2019

Un aforisma di Hermann Hesse recita più o meno così: “In natura non esiste nulla di così perfido, selvaggio e crudele della gente normale“. Parto da questa veritiera quanto inquietante considerazione, per riflettere su come la così detta normalità non sia mai del tutto lineare, ma nasconda in sé qua......more