Il silenzio dell'onda

Finalist for Premio Strega 2012
Bronze Winner in the Foreword Book of the Year Awards for Mystery 2013

“Absorbing and beautifully written, a work of considerable subtlety and depth.”
Marcel Berlins, The Times (full review)

“One of the most impressive and fascinating crime novels of the year.”
Literary Review 

A stand-alone thriller from bestselling Italian crime writer Gianrico Carofiglio, whose work has been translated into 27 languages.

Every Monday and Thursday, Roberto Marías crosses Rome on foot for his appointment with his psychiatrist. There he sits in silence, flooded by memories. He remembers surfing with his father as a child. He remembers the treacherous years he spent working as an undercover agent, years that taught him how cynicism and corruption are not merely external influences, but exist within us as well. His past has left him devastated, but now his psychiatrist’s words, his hypnotic strolls through Rome, and a chance meeting with a woman named Emma—who like Roberto is ravaged by a profound guilt—begin to painfully revive him. And when eleven-year-old Giacomo asks Roberto to help him conquer his nightmares, Roberto at last achieves a true rebirth. A thriller about human faults, frailties, and the painful bond between fathers and sons.

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Publication date: 01.10.2011
Publisher: Rizzoli
Number of Pages: 300
Country: Italy

Editions +
The Silence of the Wave Rizzoli - Vintage
Italy
1 October 2012
En attendant la vague Seuil
France
1 May 2013
In der Brandung (paperback) Goldmann
Germany
1 November 2014
In der Brandung Goldmann
Germany
1 May 2013
Chica Fala W.A.B.
Poland
1 June 2016
El silencio de la ola Esfera de los Libros
Spain
1 March 2012
The Silence of the Wave Bitter Lemon Press
UK
1 September 2013
The Silence of the Wave Rizzoli Ex Libris
USA
1 September 2013
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Germany: Goldmann
Poland: WAB Foksal
Spain: Esfera de los Libros
UK: Bitter Lemon Press
US: Rizzoli International

Audiovisual rights optioned.

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