Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio

A small culturally mixed community in the center of Rome is thrown into disarray after one of the neighbors is murdered. As each of the victims' neighbors is questioned, readers are offered an all-access pass into the most colorful neighborhood in contemporary Rome.

Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University La Sapienza, Rome. He recently completed a Ph.D. thesis entitled -ôLiving Islam as a Minority.-ö His first novel, Le Cimici e il Pirata(Bedbugs and the Pirate), was published in 1999. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, winner of Italy-'s prestigious Flaiano prize, is his second novel. He lives in Italy.

About the Translator
Ann Goldstein is an editor at The New Yorker. Her translations include work by Pope John Paul II, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Primo Levi. For Europa Editions, she has translated three novels by Elena Ferrante (The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, The Lost Daughter) and The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno. She has been the recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award and was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome.