I'm Not Scared - Tapa blanda

A deft masterpiece with never a false note. * * Guardian * * I'm Not Scared is an exquisite parable. Ammaniti's short staccato sentences effectively describe the isolation and simplicity of rural subsistence, while long passages of direct dialogue touchingly portray the children's naive perceptions. * * Daily Telegraph * * Ammaniti's prose is faultless from the first . . . The brevity of his sentences, the clarity and perfection of each image, gives his novel some of the flavour of a child's picture book. * * Independent on Sunday * * The new Italian word for talent is Ammaniti. * * The Times * * Beneath this simplicity, Ammaniti weaves in the fairytale metaphors we know so well, giving the novel a haunting profundity. * * Sunday Herald * * a strong and surprising rites of passage novel that leaves a legacy of thought and intrigue * * Books for Keeps * *

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat-fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him. An unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared is also a devastatingly authentic portrayal of childhood and the tension when it must join the adult world.