{"product_id":"when-things-happen-paperback","title":"When Things Happen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngelo Cannavacciuolo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Pell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJay Parini\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michele Campo is living the bourgeois Italian dream. Now a speech pathologist in his forties, he resides in an expensive Naples home with his partner, Costanza, daughter of an upper-class family. Michele's own family origins, however, are murkier. When he is assigned to work with five-year-old foster child Martina, he grows increasingly engrossed by her case, as his own buried family history slowly claws its way back to the surface. The first novel by acclaimed Italian writer Angelo Cannavacciuolo to be translated into English, \u003ci\u003eWhen Things Happen \u003c\/i\u003etells a powerful and intriguing story of what we lose when we leave our origins behind. It presents a panoramic view of Neapolitan society unlike any in literature, revealing a city of extreme contrasts, with a glamorous center ringed by suburban squalor. Above all, it is a psychologically nuanced portrait of a man struggling to locate what he values in life and the poor vulnerable child who helps him find it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANGELO CANNAVACCIUOLO is an award-winning Neapolitan writer and director. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eGuardiani delle Nuvole\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eIl soffio delle Fate \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e GREGORY PELL is a professor of Italian at Hofstra University in New York, where he teaches language, translation, film, and poetry. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDavide Rondoni: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArt in the Movement of Creation. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696473313343,"sku":"9781978837102","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/45845345ca075a6db48451681014cb64.webp?v=1765006829","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/when-things-happen-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}