The Brittle Age

Donatella Pietrantonio

Ann Goldstein

Key selling points

• Award-winning, internationally bestselling contemporary voice in Italian literature 

• From the author of A Girl, Returned (Nielsen 3,090) as of Aug 28 

• Inspired by a true story, the details and aftermath of a crime known as “delitto del Morrone”

• WINNER of Italy’s 2024 Strega Prize – the best-known literary prize in Italy; 200K copies sold to date, 18 foreign rights deals 

Target readership 

• For fans of Elena Ferrante, Mieko Kawakami, Natalia Ginzburg