Translations Novels Il mare della tranquillità. Sylvain Trudel (ALET, 2010) Le chiavi della notte. Sylvain Trudel (ALET, 2010) Il sangue del cielo. Piotr Rawicz (Giuntina, 2006) La vita perfida. Maryse Condé (E/O, 2004) Il grande orfano. Tierno Monénembo (Feltrinelli, 2003) La mia migliore amica. Anne-Sophie Brasme (Feltrinelli, 2002; Kowalski, 2008) Children and young adults litterature Ritorno al bosco dei cento acri. David Benedictus (Nord-Sud, 2009) Il tempo delle rose. Michael Hoeye (Salani, 2009) Ecology Il pianeta lo salvo io ... in 101 mosse! Jacquie Wines e Sarah Horne (EDT, 2007) Tales Favole di La Fontaine, vol. 3. Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu (L'Ippocampo, 2010) Favole di La Fontaine, vol. 2. Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu (L'Ippocampo, 2010) Favole di La Fontaine, vol. 1. Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu (L'Ippocampo, 2010) L'Africa, piccolo Chaka... Marie Sellier and Marion Lesage (L'Ippocampo, 2005) Cinque minuti di pace. Jill Murphy (EDT, 2007) La Signora Enorme dorme. ill Murphy (EDT, 2008) Il grande volo di Odilio. Nadia Roman, Pascal Vilcollet (EDT, 2007) Il risveglio. Laurence Cleyet-Merle (EDT, 2007) I Coniglietti tontoloni. Dav Pilkey (Nord Sud, 2009) Largo ai coniglietti tontoloni. Dav Pilkey (Nord Sud, 2009) Marta sta nel mezzo. Jan Fearnley (Nord Sud, 2009) Biancaneve. Grimm and Quentin Gréban (Nord Sud, 2009) Children travel guides Afghanistan. Sylvette Hachemi, Adrien Chapuis (EDT, 2007) Cile. Aude Le Morzadec (EDT, 2008) Cina. Barbara Martinez (EDT, 2007) Costa d'Avorio. Eric Tournaire (EDT, 2008) Dedi e il riso di Giava. Séverine Bourguignon (EDT, 2007) Fatna e la bianca Tetouan. Mohamed Ad-Daïbouni (EDT, 2007) Giappone. Marc-Henry Debidour (EDT, 2008) Ravi e i pescatori di Goa. Etienne Appert (EDT, 2007) Il Tukul di Yussuf. Séverine Bourguignon (EDT, 2007) NOVELS IL MARE DELLA TRANQUILLITÀ by Sylvain Trudel translated by Guia Risari ALET, Padova, 2010 (ISBN XXXXXXX, € 15,00) Original title La mer de la tranquillité, Les Allusifs, Montréal, 2006 Prix du Gouverneur général du Québec 2007 (ISBN 978-2-9228-6860-9, pp. 216, € 15) Voici neuf histoires inquiétantes et profondes comme l'eau des puits, où se mêlent la loufoquerie et le tragique, la chimère et le désastre, le souvenir et l'angoisse. Neuf histoires contrastées dans lesquelles, touchés par la grâce ou anéantis par la violence de la fatalité, les êtres pourchassent la vie heureuse et espèrent la mort paisible pendant que le monde, né un matin d'Épiphanie sous la lune couleur d'os, glisse comme un vaisseau négrier vers les ténèbres où l'on ne voit plus que la nudité des restes de l'ultime boucherie. Il y a du génie dans cette violence narrative qui ne dit pas son nom, mais qu'une extrême maîtrise vient arracher au silence. Car l'espèce de désespérance, de lucidité un peu effrayante qui émane de ce livre est une traduction saisissante des sottises de nos dogmes religieux et, sans doute aussi, de nos démons personnels. Après son roman si bouleversant Du mercure sous la langue, Sylvain Trudel propose des nouvelles à l'écriture tout aussi éblouissante, où l'imagination, l'érudition et l'émotion composent un troublant bouquet. Il a reçu pour ce livre le Prix du Gouverneur général 2007. Copyright © ALET 2010 LE CHIAVI DELLA NOTTE by Sylvain Trudel translated by Guia Risari ALET, Padova, 2010 (ISBN 978-88-7520-157-9, € 12,00) Original title Du mercure sous la langue, Les Allusifs, Montréal, 2001 (ISBN 978-2-9228-6804-4, pp. 132, € 14) In English Mercury under my tongue, Soft Skull Press, New York 2008 (ISBN 1-933368-96-9, pp. 160, $ 13,95) We all knew him during high schoolthat 17-year-old notebook-toting sage, feeling deeply, spouting out tiny poems, acting just a little too wise for his agebut, despite the factors belying it, still being a 17-year-old. Frederick Langlois, the protagonist of Mercury Under the Tongue, is of that ilk, a younger Kerouac with a sweet nihilism, a strong sense of family ties, and a lingering (if sometimes resentful) sense of responsibility to others. The book traces a short span of the protagonist's life in a hospital ward peopled with acutely ill adolescents, as they sneak out to go see the newborns in the maternity ward and play games of imagination where they cast themselves as already being in Purgatory. The book travels from his distant but fond relationship with his therapist (and his mute delight at catching a glimpse of her cleavage), through comic moments on the hospital ward, his developing camaraderie with other patients of his age, the survival of some, the loss of others, a brief glimpse of romantic love, and a final reckoning with himself and his family, which is both dispassionate and deeply felt. Copyright © Soft Skull Press 2008 IL SANGUE DEL CIELO by Piotr Rawicz Introductory essay and translation by Guia Risari Schulim Vogelmann n. 131 Giuntina, Firenze, 2006  (ISBN 88-8057-252-0, € 15,00) Original title Le sang du ciel, Gallimard, Paris, 1961 (ISBN 2-07-025360-0, pp. 280, € 12,96) Prix Rivarol 1962 In English Blood from the sky, Elliott & Thompson, London, 2004 (ISBN 1-904027-17-2, pp. 308, £ 11,99) Widely regarded as a masterpiece of European and Holocaust literature, Piotr Rawicz's "wantonly brilliant novel" (Irving Howe) was first published in 1961. Rawicz, born in L'viv in western Ukraine at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1919, survived the war on the run and then in Auschwitz, before moving to France, where he wrote his two books in French. He committed suicide in 1981. Peter Wiles's original translation was published in the USA and the UK in 1964. This new and definitive edition has been prepared by the literary critic and translator, Anthony Rudolf, author of the first and only book on Rawicz in any language. He has restored passages missing from the first English-language editions and made certain other revisions. Rawicz's instinctive balancing of literary virtuosity and extreme subject matter helps explain the impact of the deeply shocking and troubling work. Blood from the Sky is existentially complex, indirect and surrealistic, as well as being "often horrifyingly funny" (Angus Wilson). It re-presents terrifying and cruel historical events without complicity and without frisson. Few serious novels, even in the literature of the camps and ghettoes of occupied Europe, contemplate such violence and cruelty so openly. In the words of the book's original American publisher, the legendary Helen Woolf, it is "the only work which totally transmutes the actual events into a kind of dark poetry". Copyright © Elliott & Thompson 2004 Incipit LA VITA PERFIDA by Maryse Condé Translation and glossary by Guia Risari, E/O, Roma, 2004 (ISBN 88-7641-593-9, I Leoni, pp. 260, € 14,50) Original title La vie scélérate, Seghers, Paris, 1987 (ISBN 2-266-11526-X, pp. 346, € 5,50) Prix Anaïs-Ségalas de l'Académie Française 1988 In English The tree of life, Ballantine Books, New York, 1992 (ISBN 0-345-36074-5, pp. 371, $ 18.00) This multigenerational story tells of one Guadeloupe family's struggle against poverty and racism. The family achieves wealth, but the dream of equality eludes generation after generation and leaves its dreamers broken and withdrawn. A contemporary descendant, Coco, narrates the story, which moves from Guadeloupe to Harlem and Paris against the historical backdrops of the construction of the Panama Canal and the deaths of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. True to the manner of Caribbean storytelling, the spirits of the deceased continue to haunt and influence the living, but Coco finally comes to terms with her family's past and her identity. Of interest to general readers as well as students of Caribbean literature. Copyright © Reed Business Information 1992 Incipit IL GRANDE ORFANO by Tierno Monénembo Translated by Guia Risari, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2003 (ISBN 88-07-01629-X, I Narratori, pp. 126, € 12) Original Title, L'aîné des Orphelins, Seuil, Paris, Prix Tropiques 2000 (ISBN 2-02-041486-4, pp. 157, € 14, 48) Prix Tropiques 2000 In English The oldest orphan, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2004 (ISBN 0-803-323224-1, pp. 144, $ 35.00) Powerful testimony to an unspeakable historical reality, this story is told by an adolescent on death row in a prison in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Dispassionately, almost cynically, the teenager Faustin tells his tale, alternating between his days in jail, his adventures wandering the countryside after his parents and most of the people of his village have been massacred, and his escapades as a cheerful hoodlum in the streets of Kigali. Only slowly does the full horror of his parents' death and his own experience return to Faustin. His realization strikes the reader with shattering force, for it carries in its wake the impossible but inescapable questions presented by such a murderous episode of history and such a crippling experience for a child, a people, and a nation. Copyright © University of Nebraska Press, 2004 Incipit LA MIA MIGLIORE AMICA by Anne-Sophie Brasme Translated by Guia Risari, Feltrinelli, Milano, 2002 (ISBN 88-07-70142-1, I Canguri, pp. 135, € 12) Original Title Respire, Fayard, Paris, 2001 (ISBN 2-213-61030-4, pp. 180, € 12) In English Breathe, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2004 (ISBN 0-312-33153-3, pp. 128, $ 9.95) Breathe is the haunting confession of nineteen-year-old Charlene Boher. From her prison cell, Charlene recounts her lonely adolescence. Growing up shy and unpopular, Charlene never had many friends. That is, until she meet Sarah, a beautiful and charismatic American-French girl who moved back to Paris for high school. Much to Charlene's shock and delight, the two girls quickly develop an intense friendship. With Sarah by her side, Charlene finally begins to feel accepted and even loved. However, after a brief idyllic period, the girls' relationship becomes rocky and friendship veers towards obsession. As Sarah drops Charlene for older, more glamorous friends, Charlene's devotion spirals into hatred. Unfolding slowly and eerily towards a shocking conclusion, Breathe is an intense, convincing portrait of a possessive and ambiguous friendship. Copyright © St. Martin's Press, 2004 LA MIA MIGLIORE AMICA by Anne-Sophie Brasme 2nd ed., New translation by Guia Risari, Kowalski, Milano, 2008 (ISBN 8874966563, coll. Narrativa, pp. 152, € 10) Incipit CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS LITTERATURE RITORNO AL BOSCO DEI CENTO ACRI by David Benedictus illustrated by Mark Burgess translated by Guia Risari, Nord-Sud, Milano, 2009 (ISBN 9788882039417, Narrativa, pp. 206, € 12) Original Title Return To The Hundred Acre Wood Egmont Books, London, 2009 (ISBN 978-1405247443, pp. 216) Over eighty years since Winnie-the-Pooh first delighted readers, David Benedictus takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood for more adventures. "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" allows readers to spend a few more treasured hours with the Best Bear in All the World. The authorized sequel to A. A. Milne's original "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, by David Benedictus, Illustrated by Mark Burgess in the style of the original E. H. Shepard illustrations. Copyright © Egmont 2009 Il TEMPO DELLE ROSE by Michael Hoeye translated by Guia Risari, Salani, Milano, 2009 (ISBN 9788884519788, pp. 288, € 16) Original Title Time to smell the roses Putnam Juvenile, New York, 2007 (ISBN 978-0399244902, pp. 288) Hermux Tantamoq – watchmaker, cheese connoisseur and detective extraordinaire – is finally getting married to delectable daredevil Linka Perflinger. But sinister things are afoot in Thorny End: a body washes up on shore, a strange new breed of killer bees is on the loose and someone is up to no good in the lab on Jeckel Island. Hermux must find the missing link. And this time, it's personal... A comedy thriller with a twist – readers will be hooked from the very first page. Copyright © Putnam 2009 ECOLOGY IL PIANETA LO SALVO IO ... IN 101 MOSSE! by Jacquie Wines and Sarah Horne Translated and edited by Guia Risari, EDT-Giralangolo, Torino, 2007 (ISBN 8860402522, pp. 144, € 9) Original Title You can save the planet. 101 ways you can make a difference, Buster Books, London, 2007 (ISBN 1905158785, pp. 144) "You Can Save The Planet" is a call to action. Our planet is facing a crisis and it's up to you to save it. The effects of pollution and the destruction of our planet have never been so visible. Extreme weather, fuel shortages and a dramatic increase in animals facing extinction are among the massive global problems that need to be addressed now. "You Can Save The Planet" is packed full of smart, practical and fun solutions kids can follow to make their homes, schools and neighbourhoods more environmentally friendly. Cutting-edge and humorous, "You Can Save The Planet" empowers kids to make a real difference to the future of the planet. Copyright © Buster Books, 2007 Web site to deepen on ecology, edited by Guia Risari TALES FAVOLE DI LA FONTAINE, vol. 2 by Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu new translation by Guia Risari, L'Ippocampo, Milano, 2010 (ISBN 8895363957, Collana Le favole di La Fontaine, pp. 20, € 18) Original title Fables de La Fontaine mises en scène par Dedieu, Lièvre et la Tortue et autres fables, Seuil, Paris, 2009 (ISBN 9782021003970, pp. 20, € 18) Thierry Dedieu a sélectionné six fables de La Fontaine (Le Lièvre et la Tortue, Le Chêne et le Roseau, Le Renard et le Bouc, Le Héron, Le Renard et la Cigogne, Le Loup et l'Agneau) et les a magistralement mises en perspective dans des tableaux tout en dentelle d'ombre et de lumière. Copyright © L'Ippocampo 2010 FAVOLE DI LA FONTAINE, vol. 1 by Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu new translation by Guia Risari, L'Ippocampo, Milano, 2010 (ISBN 8895363949, Collana Le Favole di La Fontaine, pp. 20, € 18) Original title Fables de La Fontaine mises en scène par Dedieu, Corbeau et le Renard et autres fables, Seuil, Paris, 2009 (ISBN 9782021003963, pp. 20, € 18) Thierry Dedieu a sélectionné six fables de La Fontaine (Le Corbeau et le Renard, La Cigale et la Fourmi, La Grenouille qui voulait se faire aussi grosse que le Boeuf, Le Loup et la Cigogne, Le Lion et le Rat et Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs) et les a magistralement mises en perspective dans des tableaux tout en dentelle d'ombre et de lumière. Copyright © L'Ippocampo 2010 L'AFRICA, PICCOLO CHAKA... by Marie Sellier and Marion Lesage Translated by Guia Risari, L'Ippocampo, Genova, 2005 (ISBN 88-88585-73-7, L'albero della palabra, pp. 48, € 12) Premio Andersen 6-9 anni 2006 Original title L'Afrique, petit Chaka..., Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001 (ISBN 2-7118-4062-X, pp. 44, € 13) Prix Sorcières 2001 La palette de Marion Lesage fait danser les costumes clairs des hommes et les robes colorées des femmes. Une atmosphère chaleureuse émane du récit de Marie Sellier, dont les mots coulent comme du miel. Ce livre est une parcelle inoubliable de la civilisation africaine, empreinte de poésie et d'authenticité. Copyright © Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001 Incipit GLI ALBI GIRALANGOLO Translated by Guia Risari, EDT-Giralangolo, Torino, 2007-2008 CINQUE MINUTI DI PACE by Jill Murphy (ISBN 8860402379, pp. 28, € 6.50) Original Title Five Minutes' Peace, Walker Books, London, 1999 (ISBN 0744581648, pp. 32) LA SIGNORA ENORME DORME by Jill Murphy (ISBN 8860402638, pp. 35, € 6.50) Original Title Mr. Large in Charge, Walker Books, London, 2005 (ISBN 0763627399, pp. 40) IL GRANDE VOLO DI ODILIO by Laurence Cleyet-Merle (ISBN 8860402344, pp. 36, € 11) Original Title Odilon à tire-d'aile, Les Editions du Ricochet, Nice, 2005 (ISBN 2911013832, pp. 32) IL RISVEGLIO by Nadia Roman, Pascal Vilcollet (ISBN 8860402352, pp. 36, € 11) Original Title Odilon à tire-d'aile, Les Editions du Ricochet, Nice, 2006 (ISBN 2911013921, pp. 32) NORD SUD ILLUSTRATED transalated by Guia Risari, Nord Sud Edizioni, Milano, 2009 BIANCANEVE by Grimm and Quentin Gréban (ISBN 978-88-8203-923-3, pp. 30, € 13.00) Original title Blanche Neige, Mijade, Namur, 2007 (ISBN 978-2-87142-585-4, pp. 28) I CONIGLIETTI TONTOLONI by Dav Pilkey (ISBN 978-88-8203-897-7, pp. 32, € 9.90) Original title The Dumb Bunnies, Scholastic, New York, 1994 (ISBN 0590477080, pp. 32) LARGO AI CONIGLIETTI TONTOLONI by Dav Pilkey (ISBN 978-88-8203-898-4, pp. 32, € 9.90) Original title Make Way For Dumb Bunnies, Scholastic, New York, 1996 (ISBN 0590582860, pp. 40) MARTA STA NEL MEZZO by Jan Fearnley (ISBN 978-88-8203-924-0, pp. 32, € 13.00) Original title Martha in the middle, Walker Books, London, 2008 (ISBN 1406319538, pp. 40) LE GUIDE GIRALANGOLO Translated and edited by Guia Risari, EDT-Giralangolo, Torino, 2007-2008 Afganistan by Sylvette Hachemi and Adrien Chapuis (ISBN 978-88-6040-214-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Afghanistan, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-266-7, pp. 36) Cile by Aude Le Morzadec (ISBN 978-88-6040-230-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Chili, Grandir, Nîmes, 2005 (ISBN 2-84166-277-2, pp. 36) Cina by Barbara Martinez (ISBN 978-88-6040-213-4, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Chine, Grandir, Nîmes, 2005 (ISBN 2-84166-273-X, pp. 36) Costa d'avorio by Eric Tournaire (pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Côte d'Ivoire, Grandir, Nîmes, 2005 (ISBN 2-84166-296-6, pp. 36) Dedi e il riso di Giava by Séverine Bourguignon (ISBN 978-88-6040-225-7, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Dedi et le riz de Java en Indonésie, Grandir, Nîmes, 2006 (ISBN 2-84166-300-0, pp. 36) Fatna e la bianca Tetouan by Mohamed Ad-Daïbouni (ISBN 978-88-6040-227-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Fatna, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-259-4, pp. 36) Giappone by Marc-Henry Debidour (ISBN 978-88-6040-229-5, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Japon, Grandir, Nîmes, 2006 (ISBN 2-84166-249-7, pp. 36) Ravi e i pescatori di Goa by Etienne Appert (ISBN 978-88-6040-228-8, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Pêcheurs à Goa en Inde, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-272-1, pp. 36) Il Tukul di Yussuf by Séverine Bourguignon (ISBN 978-88-6040-226-4, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Le toukoul de Youssouf, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-265-9, pp. 36)

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