Nighttime conversation

"A true surprise - Complete Review" "Delightful and moving - NPR" "A novel like a thin, sharp knife - Kirkus Reviews" "Powerful - Critica Literaria" "Enchanting - La Stampada" One evening, Madame Neves's favorite chicken falls ill with a strange ailment, so she calls the town's veterinarian. Their phone conversation takes many unexpected turns, unveiling a web of old relationships that hold many secrets and hidden truths, and reopening old wounds and accounts that were never closed. We find ourselves confronted with mysterious incidents, lost love stories, missed opportunities, and wounds that never healed. With precise and sharp narration and astonishing honesty, Sacha Naspini delves into the depths of our shared humanity and poses a crucial question: What is our life really made of, opportunities we missed or those life gave us? An enjoyable and profound novel by one of the most important new voices in Italian literature, it has captured the attention of readers. It has been translated into several languages, and we present it in a faithful and elegant translation by Amani Fawzi Habashi.