Book
Game of the gods
Record details
- ISBN: 9781642860436
- Physical Description: 250 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : World Editions, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published as Il gioco degli dèi in Italy in 2019 by Giulio Einaudi Editore S.p.A., Turin" --title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Household employees -- Fiction Chess -- Fiction Chess players -- Fiction East Indians -- England -- Fiction Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction Nineteen thirties -- Fiction India -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction Italian fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt/Gibsons.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sechelt Public Library | F MAUR (Text) | 33260100074633 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
PAOLO MAURENSIG was born in Gorizo, and lives in Udine, Italy. A bestselling author, he debuted in 1993 with The Lüneburg Variation, translated into over twenty languages. His novels include Canone Inverso, The Guardian of Dreams, and The Archangel of Chess. For his novel Theory of Shadows, he won the Bagutta Prize. A Devil Comes to Town, previously published by World Editions, is a brilliant, satirical novella about literary publishing. Game of the Gods is Maurensig's latest novel and was awarded the prestigious Premio Scanno 2019 Literary Award.
ANNE MILANO APPEL, based in California, has translated works by a number of leading Italian authors for a variety of publishers in the US and UK. Her most recent translations include works by the award-winning Antonio Scurati and Paolo Maurensig. Her awards include the Italian Prose in Translation Award, the John Florio Prize for Italian Translation, and the Northern California Book Award for Translation. Her website is: amilanoappel.com.
