As God Commands (novel)

As God Commands

Cover of As God Commands
Author Niccolò Ammaniti
Original title Come Dio comanda
Translator Jonathan Hunt[1]
Country Italy
Language Italian
Genre Fiction narrative
Published
Media type Print
Pages 495
ISBN 8804502797
OCLC OCLC 74311261

As God Commands (Italian: Come Dio comanda), also known as The Crossroads,[2] is a novel by Niccolò Ammaniti.

It has won the 2007 Strega Prize.[2]

In 2008, director Gabriele Salvatores adapted the novel into a film of the same name.

Plot

It tells the misadventure of Cristiano Zena, 13 year-old, and his father Rino in an Italian suburban area.

Reception

The Guardian described the novel as "overexplicit" and flipping "over into the truly grotesque".[2] The New Yorker outlined the story of the novel as "grim but redemptive".[3] The Los Angeles Times praised the novel "as gritty as it is suspenseful".[4]

As God Commands won the 2007 Strega Prize with 144/356 votes.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "As God commands". WorldCat. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Litt, Toby (24 January 2009). "The Italian job". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. "As God Commands". The New Yorker. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. Marler, Regina (23 November 2009). "'As God Commands' by Niccolò Ammaniti". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. "Niccolò Ammaniti vince il Premio Strega" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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