The Silent Period

If you listen in pieces — commute, chores, late night — The Silent Period by Francesca Manfredi, Ekin Oklap (Translator) keeps its place in this browser.

In a novel of bilious wit and unexpected tenderness, a jaded young woman ceases to speak. Cristina Martino is 28 and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles.

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