Domenico Starnone (Europa Editions, 2025)

"Throughout the book (beautifully translated by Stransky), Starnone’s sensitivity, nuance, and subtlety are wonderful to behold—but he doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously, either. Page after page is imbued, alongside everything else, with an achingly sweet humor....A deceptively simple work and an exquisite addition to Starnone’s oeuvre." Kirkus Reviews 

"Reality and projection meld to intriguing effect...invitingly translated by Oonagh Stransky." Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2025.

"Droll and deadpan, Starnone's novel offers an accounting of the tolls and consolations of lifelong artistic pursuit." The New Yorker, September 15, 2025.