The Performance

Giorgia and Filippo don’t have much, but they’re happy. Or so did Filippo think. Giorgia, after a long break, returns to acting. Filippo didn’t know about that part of Giorgia’s past. After the return, Filippo learns a huge secret he was not prepared for. It is better not to know the plot before reading.

The Performance is a story of Giorgia told from Filippo’s POV. The concept is original and thought-provoking. Although I liked the idea and the plot, the novel often felt too long.

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Details:

• author: Claudia Petrucci
  
• full title: The Performance
  
• genre: literary fiction
• format/type: bookfiction
• country: #Italy
  
• topics: #performance, #acting, #mentalhealth
  
• publisher: World Editions
  
• publish date: 02 Aug 2022
  
• pages: 320
  

My Rating of the Book:

• content: 💙💙💙.5

Excerpt from the Book:

About the Author: 

Claudia Petrucci studied Modern Letters in Milan before moving to Perth, Australia. Her reportages and short stories—which range from realistic to weird to science fiction—have been published on Cadillac, minima&moralia, and elsewhere. The Performance is her debut novel. It was shortlisted for the John Fante Award and won the prestigious Premio Flaiano Giovani, for writers under 30. It was also book of the day on Fahrenheit, an Italian radio program, and it has been translated into German and French.