Don't Move
Premio Strega 2002
“Enthralling, compelling and gripping.”
Mail on Sunday
“Beautiful… the splintered, humanizing observations that constantly animate this novel… are exhilarating.”
The New York Times Book Review
In vivid, intense, and masterful prose, Margaret Mazzantini has crafted a tale that electrifies from start to finish, drawing us deep into the darkness of primal passion.
Timoteo has a high-flying career as a surgeon. He also has a beautiful wife, a luxurious apartment, and a villa by the sea. But then his daughter falls off her scooter and is rushed to the hospital in a coma. A colleague operates on her head injuries and, while the agonised Timoteo awaits the outcome, the reader is held in the vice-like grip of his confession. Beneath the veneer of his apparently charmed life lies a story of squalor, degradation, and deceit—the story of a doomed love affair with a woman who has undermined everything Timoteo thought he knew about himself.
Mazzantini’s chilling portrait of a supremely self-assured man spiralling out of control has fascinated readers worldwide. Highly atmospheric and subtly disturbing, Don’t Move keeps you on tenterhooks throughout. Ultimately, the suspense of wondering whether Timoteo’s daughter will live is eclipsed by the question of just how much sympathy her father deserves.
Don’t Move is also the basis for a major motion picture directed by Sergio Castellitto and starring Penélope Cruz. The film was nominated for several David di Donatello Awards in 2004 and won for Best Actor (Castellitto) and Best Actress (Cruz).
Publication date: 01.05.2001
Publisher: Mondadori
Number of Pages: 300
Country: Italy
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