successful essays and recently contributed to
Freedom
, a short-story anthology celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but
Before We Say Goodbye
(first published in Italy as
Prima di Lasciarsi
) is her first novel. It won an Italian first novel award at the Festival du Premier Romance in Chambery, France and is now also available in both Arabic and Hebrew. Gabriella lives with her husband and two children in Rome.
After working at a variety of jobs, Alastair McEwen spent ten years teaching English and history in Italy before finally turning to translation. Over the last 25 years he has translated over 70 books, including novels and non-fiction as well as essays, articles, poems, feature-film scripts and operatic librettos. Alastair has worked with many of Italy’s finest living writers, including Roberto Calasso and Umberto Eco. He lives and works in Milan.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
First published in Great Britain 2010 by Walker Books Ltd 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
Original edition:
Prima di Lasciarsi
© 2004 Gabriella Ambrosio
English translation © 2010 Alastair McEwen
Cover image © 2010 Luis Costa / Photolibrary.com
The right of Gabriella Ambrosio and Alastair McEwen to be identified as author and translator respectively of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-4063-3242-1 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-4063-3241-4 (e-PDF)
www.walker.co.uk
Freedom
, a short-story anthology celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but
Before We Say Goodbye
(first published in Italy as
Prima di Lasciarsi
) is her first novel. It won an Italian first novel award at the Festival du Premier Romance in Chambery, France and is now also available in both Arabic and Hebrew. Gabriella lives with her husband and two children in Rome.
After working at a variety of jobs, Alastair McEwen spent ten years teaching English and history in Italy before finally turning to translation. Over the last 25 years he has translated over 70 books, including novels and non-fiction as well as essays, articles, poems, feature-film scripts and operatic librettos. Alastair has worked with many of Italy’s finest living writers, including Roberto Calasso and Umberto Eco. He lives and works in Milan.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
First published in Great Britain 2010 by Walker Books Ltd 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ
Original edition:
Prima di Lasciarsi
© 2004 Gabriella Ambrosio
English translation © 2010 Alastair McEwen
Cover image © 2010 Luis Costa / Photolibrary.com
The right of Gabriella Ambrosio and Alastair McEwen to be identified as author and translator respectively of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-4063-3242-1 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-4063-3241-4 (e-PDF)
www.walker.co.uk
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