Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous (2008-09-30) - Softcover

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Cornell University edition. Translation by Anna Goldstein of "Scontro di civilita per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio" (Edizioni e/o, 2006). Softcover volume, with flaps, meaures approximately 5.5" x 8.5". Book is new, with Cornell University First-Year Writing Seminar material relating to this publication laid in. "A small culturally mixed community living in an apartment building in the center of Rome is thrown into disarray when one of the tenants is murdered. As each of the victim's neighbors is questioned by the police, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome. Each character takes his or her turn "giving evidence," recounting his or her story -- the drama of racial identity, the anxieties and daily humiliations born of a life spent on society's margins, but also the hilarious imbroglios that are inevitable in this melting pot of cultures. What emerges is a moving story that is common to us all.". Seller Inventory # ABE-1566287494499

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