{"product_id":"lost-on-me-9780349017662","title":"Lost on Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning 100,000-copy Italian bestseller  \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2023 book of the year for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New European, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Largehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Deliciously enjoyable''\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Heiny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I adored it\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eNaoise Dolan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wild, funny and disturbing'' \u003c\/b\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Thrillingly original'' \u003c\/b\u003eMonica Ali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It would be simply impossible for a book this good to go unnoticed'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA delightfully funny Italian novel about sex, love, family - and how a writer transforms her life into art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention. As she becomes an adult, Vero''s nee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly entertaining, thought-provoking and \u003cb\u003eone of 2023's best novels yet\u003c\/b\u003e * Strong Words *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny and tender\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times, Best Books of the Year 2023 *\u003cbr\u003eWild, funny and disturbing, all I ask of a book about mothers and their daughters. -- Roddy Doyle * Irish Times, Best Books of 2023 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcellent\u003c\/b\u003e ... written in a spare and precise style from the pen of a biting narrator. \u003cb\u003eIt would be simply impossible for a book this good to go unnoticed\u003c\/b\u003e * Big Issue *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemarkable. A darkly funny novel of rhythm, subtlety and nuance\u003c\/b\u003e ... a writer who deserves as wide an audience as possible * New European *\u003cbr\u003eRestless and sly ... intelligently spiky * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI fell head over heels in love with \u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e. What a thrillingly original voice! Raimo writes with a tender brutality that is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e * Monica Ali, author of Love Marriage *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI adored \u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e. With combustive prose and oxidising wit, Veronica Raimo sets fire to the Bildungsroman. \u003c\/b\u003eA clear-eyed comedic talent who bends the novel form to her will -- Naoise Dolan\u003cbr\u003eA uproariously funny portrait of an unconventional family from a writer who knows the sliver of ice in the heart as well as she knows love. \u003cb\u003eThis deliciously enjoyable novel is a true original and one to savour\u003c\/b\u003e -- Katherine Heiny\u003cbr\u003eWhen the book you start reading is \u003cb\u003eimmediately hilarious and deeply disturbing\u003c\/b\u003e, you know you're onto something special. \u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e is that book -- Roddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it possible, today, to completely reinvent auto-fiction? For Veronica Raimo it clearly is. Get ready to talk about this book for a long, long time\u003c\/b\u003e -- Paolo Giordano, author of The Solitude of Prime Numbers\u003cbr\u003eThis book made me want to clear my calendar and read everything of Raimo's I could get my hands on.\u003cb\u003e Incisive, engrossing, and deeply funny\u003c\/b\u003e -- Julia May Jonas, author of Vladimir\u003cbr\u003eLike a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, Veronica Raimo mocks the absurdities of her family life as well as tries to reconcile her own ambiguous feelings. A bold, provocative, and original book -- Lily Tuck, author of Sisters\u003cbr\u003eA desecrating and tender portrait of family that reels us in from the very first lines * Io Donna: Il Corriere della Sera *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMany pages in this novel are so intense and unscrupulous that one feels the apprehension of being caught spying in a stranger's mailbox\u003c\/b\u003e * Esquire Italia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading this novel is a blast ... Many of the pages are jellyfish stings: they burn on and on\u003c\/b\u003e -- Claudia Durastanti, author of Strangers I Know\u003cbr\u003eVeronica Raimo is a stupendous comedian * La Stampa *\u003cbr\u003eA story that nails us down with a powerful first-person voice, clear and exhilarating. * Marie Claire Italia *\u003cbr\u003eWith its stellar voice, Raimo's inquisitive and vulnerable novel proves \u003cb\u003etough to put down\u003c\/b\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e is the naughty grandson of Natalia Ginzburg's\u003ci\u003e Family Lexicon \u003c\/i\u003e... Raimo has tapped the novelistic potential of her affections and has transformed them into comedy. The result deserves all of the praise flaunted on the cover * Il Corriere della Sera *\u003cbr\u003eFilled with humour and neuroses ... a witty and complex portrait of a woman becoming herself * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e was anything but; I was utterly seduced by this wry and fearless novel featuring the unforgettable voice of Vero, a young woman with a sharp sense of humour and a splendid eye for the absurd -- Elizabeth McKenzie, author of The Dog of the North\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat a fresh, vivid and unpredictable voice, bursting with life, I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e. Finally something that's not like everything else. -- Karl Geary, author of Montpelier Parade\u003cbr\u003eThis bittersweet work of autofiction charts Verika's journey through her neurotic childhood to womanhood and her attempts - literal and metaphorical - to escape her family and their influence. \u003cb\u003eSmart, funny ... a sharply tender portrait of a young woman's becoming\u003c\/b\u003e * Marie Claire, Best Books of 2023 *\u003cbr\u003eIf Sheila Heti was Italian and wrote a modern \u003ci\u003eFranny \u0026amp; Zooey\u003c\/i\u003e, it would approximate how powerful and magnificent Veronica Raimo's novel \u003ci\u003eLost on Me\u003c\/i\u003e is. * Largehearted Boy *\u003cbr\u003eInfused with a hilarious dry wit wrung from a wry attitude to life, Lost On Me stands out as a brilliant and inventive modern novel in English thanks to an outstanding translation for which Leah Janeczko deserves much credit * New European, Best Books of 2023 *\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoy Deborah Levy or Natalia Ginzburg, then you'll appreciate the writing of Italian author and translator, Veronica Raimo. Deeply original and with kudos from Naoise Dolan and Katherine Heiny, this bildungsroman follows Vero, a 15-year-old girl, writer and compulsive liar as she plots various bids for freedom, all of which are thwarted by her savvy mother. The film rights have been snapped up by Fandango, so look out for news of a future movie * Rushh.com *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733644423511,"sku":"9780349017662","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349017662.jpg?v=1720000996","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lost-on-me-9780349017662","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}