{"product_id":"ilaria-or-the-conquest-of-disobedience-paperback","title":"Ilaria, or the Conquest of Disobedience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriella Zalapì\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdriana Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKidnapped by her troubled father, a young girl navigates life on a road trip across 1980s Italy in this stunning, cinematic English-language debut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day in May 1980, 8-year-old Ilaria gets into her father's car after school. As they stop at a series of highway hotels, traversing the north of Italy, the child thinks of her mother and promises herself not to cry anymore. She learns to drive and to lie, discovers Trieste, Bologna, a boarding school in Rome, a sunny rural life in Sicily. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThanks to the games they play, the hit songs they sing at the tops of their voices on the road, and the kind people Ilaria meets along the way, the kidnapping almost seems like a normal childhood. But her father drinks too much, nervous in a cloud of cigarette smoke. If he takes her by the hand, she thinks it's better not to pull it away. Ilaria observes and feels everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn gripping, precise prose, this poignant novel takes us inside the mind of a little girl who must grow up on her own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabriella Zalapì\u003c\/b\u003e is a visual artist of English, Italian, and Swiss origin who lives in Paris. Trained at the Haute école d'art et de design in Geneva, she draws her material from her own family history, taking photographs, archives, and memories and combining them in a disturbing interplay between history and fiction. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eAntonia\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro and the Prix Bibliomedia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriana Hunter \u003c\/b\u003estudied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books, including Marc Petitjean's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and Hervé Le Tellier's \u003ci\u003eThe Anomaly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEléctrico W\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the French-American Foundation's 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.95 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034470576429,"sku":"9781635425635","price":18.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/T0p6-PbGRc9781635425635.webp?v=1777675658","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/ilaria-or-the-conquest-of-disobedience-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}