Will Sommer Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form of law enforcement: rather than incarceration, wrongdoers are given a second (and sometimes, third, fourth, and fifth) shadow as a reminder of their crime—and a warning to those they encounter. Within the Department, corruption and prejudice run rampant, giving rise to an underclass of so-called Shadesters who are disenfranchised, publicly shamed, and deprived of civil rights protections.Kris is a Shadester and a new mother to a baby born with a second shadow of her own. Grieving the loss of her wife and thoroughly unprepared for the reality of raising a child alone, Kris teeters on the edge of collapse, fumbling in a daze of alcohol, shame, and self-loathing. Yet as the kid grows, Kris finds her footing, raising a child whose irrepressible spark cannot be dampened by the harsh realities of the world. With a first-person register reminiscent of the fierce self-disclosure of Sheila Heti and the poetic precision of Ocean Vuong, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is a bold debut novel that examines the long shadow of grief, the hard work of parenting, and the power of queer resistance.

‘Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN ‘Punchy and well- reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW YORK TIMES

Una domenica mattina di novembre del 1950 Valeria Pisani, una donna intorno alla quarantina apparentemente appagata, moglie di Michele Cossati e madre dei giovani Riccardo e Mirella, da anni impiegata nello studio professionale di Guido, entra casualmente in una tabaccheria e d'impulso acquista un quaderno