The Neorealist in Winter: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781637680780)

Eleven short stories following Italian characters exploring life in an era of media oversaturation.

Salvatore Pane's The Neorealist in Winter is a collection of eleven short stories that explore what it means to be human in an age of media oversaturation. Utilizing methods of speculative, historical, and postmodern storytelling, Pane grapples with legacies of immigration, poverty, toxic masculinity, and moral failures, while focusing on working-class issues, family drama, and PTSD. Following eleven Italian narrators, Pane builds a cast of cinematic characters across disparate times and places--a struggling director attends a house party in the la dolce vita of 1960s Rome, gangsters chase a low-level lottery runner in coal valley Scranton, a woman contemplates experimental surgery to purge memories of her childhood trauma in Minnesota, and a pro wrestling promoter descends into self-denial through his autobiography.

The Neorealist in Winter was selected by Venita Blackburn as the winner of the 2022 Autumn House Fiction Prize.


Author: Salvatore Pane
ISBN-10: 1637680783
ISBN-13: 9781637680780
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2023
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.67w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2023