Everything Calls for Salvation
by Daniele Mencarelli
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Pub Date Jan 10 2023 | Archive Date Jan 10 2023
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Description
WINNER OF THE 2020 YOUTH STREGA PRIZE
From one of the most exciting voices in a new generation of Italian writers, a powerful and moving novel that explores both the darkest recesses and the most luminous regions of the human heart
June 1994. Twenty-year-old Daniele wakes up in a hospital room, confused and surrounded by strangers. Slowly, memories of the previous night return to him: a spiral of anxiety and anger, an explosion of violence so intense that it almost inflicted irreparable damage to him and his family… To his horror, Daniele learns from the doctors that he’s been sentenced to a week of mandatory treatment in a psychiatric ward.
Writing with lucid realism and stunning emotional force, and drawing from the author's own personal experience of mental illness, Mencarelli chronicles Daniele’s seven days in the hospital as he struggles to find a way out of the darkness. Daniele finds unexpected companions in his fellow patients—men who, like him, have felt the full brunt of life’s pain. Together they will realize the hidden strength and value of their common fragility and of the boundless empathy they feel towards others.
By focusing on some of the most marginalized people in our society, Mencarelli has written a heartbreaking and unforgettable novel that challenges our notion of normality and celebrates the salvific power of solidarity and vulnerability.
A Note From the Publisher
-Readers interested in mental illness and the evolving perceptions surrounding mental health
-Readers of autobiographical novels
-Readers of The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
KEY SELLING POINTS
-Winner of the 2020 Youth Strega Prize
English-language debut of bestselling, critically acclaimed Italian author
-Humanist depiction of mental illness that challenges traditionalist interpretations of mental health and psychiatric treatment
-Realistic, autobiographical style infused with lyricism, author is also a poet
Advance Praise
“Moving and engaging. This novel will stay with you.”—Goffredo Fofi, Internazionale
“Mencarelli writes with the grace and power of a poet. His words illuminate truth like a flash of lightning.”—Il Sole 24 Ore
“Mencarelli’s writing is extraordinary for its intensity and empathy… His prose has the emotional force of poetry.”—Radio Tre
Marketing Plan
Marketing & Publicity
- E-galleys available on Edelweiss, NetGalley, direct delivery;
- National and regional Media campaign
- Consumer advertising campaign
- Online promotion and social media outreach
- Major blogger outreach
- Extensive promotion at national school and library conferences
- Librarian and educator outreach
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781609458065 |
| PRICE | $22.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 176 |
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