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Pietro arrives in Milan with a battered suitcase full of memories, to take up a new job as concierge. Living in his palazzo are lost and eccentric souls: Poppi, a lawyer; Luciana and her son; and Luca, a doctor, whose wife Viola holds a secret that could destroy their marriage. Right from the start Pietro has a special interest in Luca and his family, and soon he's letting himself into their apartment while everyone is out. As his story emerges in snatches and flashbacks, each prompted by his case of treasures, we begin to find out what has brought him to be guardian here, so late in his life ...For readers of The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Yacoubian Building, this is an atmospheric and unforgettable novel about the ties that bind.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Sense of an Elephant
• Author: Marco Missiroli
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781447241942
• ISBN: 1447241940
• ID: 09256476
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Weight: 192 g
• Dimensions: 132 × 198 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. September 2015

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