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Susanna Bissoli

Author of Struck

Susanna Bissoli is the author of the short story collection Caterina sulla soglia (Terre di Mezzo, 2009), the novel Le parole che cambiano tutto (Terre di Mezzo, 2011), and several plays. She teaches Italian and runs oral storytelling circles in schools and hospitals.

Struck was shortlisted for the Ortebello Prize in Italy.

Praise for Struck:

“Susanna handles illness and pain while remaining miraculously joyful.”Paolo Cognetti

“A family story, universal and intimate, poetic and persuasive… a meta-novel full of grace that seeps into the readers’ hearts and beats page after page. A fluorescent bolt of lightening.” La Stampa

“An intense literary novel… at once sparkling and intense in its expressive vivacity.” Il Corriere della Sera