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Margherita Dolce Vita
Stefano Benni, Antony Shugaar (translator)
Europa Editions
ISBN: 978-1-933372-20-4
Pub. date: December 05 2006
208 pages
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Price: $14.95


 
February 17 2007 - The New York Times: "Thanks to Stefano Benni and his translator, Antony Shugaar, we have a renewed appreciation of the imagination�s ability to free us from our increasingly mundane surroundings."

January 06 2007 - The Sunday Telegraph: "Just the thing to wake you from wintry hibernation, this book is a firecracker. The world of Margherita Dolce Vita jumps from the page into three-dimensional life, fizzing with wit and wisdom."

January 03 2007 - The Guardian: "As loyal readers of Stefano Benni might expect, his new novel is a lively, whimsical and furiously contemporary satire, which can and should be enjoyed on its own merits."

November 29 2006 - The Sun (New York): "In his Italian best seller "Margherita Dolce Vita," Mr. Benni takes advantage of the child's given naivete and sensationalism, to create a world of magical realism."

November 27 2006 - The Daily Telegraph: "This novel - ­seamlessly translated by Anthony Shugaar - sets the violent forces of technology and consumerism against the lyrical pragmatism of a teenage girl."

November 21 2006 - The Written Nerd: "Holy cow, this is an amazing book. It's New Fabulist, anti-capitalist/consumerist, witty and youthful, contemporary and terrifying."

November 15 2006 - People: "The adorable, chubby, brainy young Margherita, has a moral that’s a hilarious bit of social commentary."

November 09 2006 - Elle: "The themes of urbanization, modernization, and nostalgia for “the good life” [Benni] allegorizes here will resonate with American readers—and his pitch-perfect heroine will translate as hilarious and marvelous in any culture."

October 30 2006 - San Francisco Chronicle: "Once you've sampled 'Margherita Dolce Vita,' Fo's support makes perfect sense."

September 20 2006 - Booklist (starred review): "Benni’s seriocomic vision of the drastic consequences of unchecked consumerism, environmental decimation, and End Times mania is at once fantastic and believable, delightful and chilling."

September 05 2006 - Publishers Weekly: "That Margherita's is an allegorical war for modern, suburbanizing Italy's soul—indeed for la dolce vita—won't be lost on U.S. readers: Benni is sly and spiky in his satire."

August 24 2006 - Kirkus (starred review): "This inventive satire stars 15-year-old Margherita, as charismatic, though far wiser, than British author Sue Townsend’s popular creation Adrian Mole."