Emmaus
ABOUT
THE BOOK
The secular and the pious. The rich and the poor. Those with “a capacity for destiny” and those who “cannot afford it.” Alessandro Baricco’s new novel, Emmaus, is a world of stark contrasts, one in which four young men-all from proud, struggling families, and all lusting after Andre, a hyper-sexual woman-are goaded from adolescence to manhood in a torrent of exploits and crises, sexual awakenings and morbid depressions, naivety and fatalism.
A brilliant portrait of the perils and uncertainties of youth and faith, Emmaus is a remarkable novel from one of the very best writers in Europe.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Ann
Goldstein
Ann Goldstein (born June 1949) is an American editor and translator from the Italian language. She is best known for her translations of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet. She was the panel chair for translated fiction at the US National Book Award in 2022. She was awarded the PEN Renato Poggioli prize in 1994 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2008.
Ann Goldstein (born June 1949) is an American editor and translator from the Italian language. She is best known for her translations of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet. She was the panel chair for translated fiction at the US National Book Award in 2022. She was awarded the PEN Renato Poggioli prize in 1994 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2008.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Baricco writes about his personal experience of losing faith. He shows how faith can give fullness and also, how you can give it up. A very sensitive and personal novel.