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by Niccolo Ammaniti (Author), Jonathan Hunt (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Canongate International (13 Jan 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841952974
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841952970
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 13.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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The Italian countryside in the summer of 1978. The hottest for nearly a century, when adults migrated indoors behind shutters to wait for the relatively cooler evenings before emerging. Children, free of parental restraint, make the most of this and spend their days playing in the countryside, enjoying their new-found freedom. In the tiny hamlet of Acqua Traverse, Michele and his friends cycle the surrounding area, gradually going further and further away from home. Playing games involving forfeits for the loser, it is this that causes Michele to make a momentous discovery, one that will change his life forever. With a child's naivete, he is unable to comprehend the implications of his find and treats the situation as just another childhood adventure. But even at his young age, he realises he must treat it with trepidation, fear and secrecy. Author Niccolo Ammaniti spins a magical yet eery tale of a childhood summer spoilt by an adult crime, slowly building up the tension until the final shocking conclusion. Capturing a child's mind with uncanny accuracy, he takes the reader back to their adolescence and the fears and inquisitiveness that goes with it. This is a stunning, startling read admirably translated by Jonathan Hunt. - Lucy Watson


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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Draws you in a like a witch to it's gingerbread house, 13 April 2006
By Mr. Simon Hembra "FreelanceCynic.co.uk" (Berkshire Reading) - See all my reviews
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Michele Amitrano is living the life of a normal nine year old boy, in his tiny village of four houses, until one day, whilst completing a bet, he stumbles on something so secret and so unbelievable, he has no choice but to keep it all to himself. A discovery that challenges his view of his family, his friends, and ultimately sends him riding his bike down a dusty trail of blackmail, hatred and murder.

I picked up this book in a special edition copy for 99p, making it the cheapest book ever that kept me awake until the following morning. Ammaniti's nostalgic and painfully accurate portrayal of childhood is set against a devastating and heart rendering story of the bitterness and corruption of the real world, and of a society willing to do anything for a better way of life.

The portrayal of this world seen through a child's eyes, a child so real he lives on in the reader's mind long after the book is put down, adds a chilling aspect of innocence to an otherwise dark story. Ammaniti leads the reader seamlessly from an idealistic world and in one moment buries them in confusion and terror.

An excellent read! Buy it, read it, and let it live in your memory, and your bookcase reading to beautifully chill you again and again.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome read, 11 Jun 2004
This review is from: I'm Not Scared (Paperback)
I was prompted to buy I'm Not Scared after reading the review for the film (released 11/6/04) in The Times. Right from the outset the book grips the reader. The book is very fast paced and portrays a brutally honest account of a young boy's (Michele, 9) childhood and realisation of the evil in the world around him. The book has similarities to the Lord of the Flies, not least with the mounting of a chicken on a stick as a flag. However here it is not the children who have lost their innocence. I highly recommend this book!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a small, great book you won't forget, 24 Feb 2003
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I am extremely pleased to see that this wonderful book has finally got its greatly deserved english translation. A literary sensation in Italy two years ago, Ammaniti's "I'm not scared" is a tale of an uspeakable crime, unfortunately still all too common in Italy: the kidnapping (for ransom) of a young kid from a rich family, his hiding, in inhumane conditions, in an abandoned shack somewhere in the wheat fields of Puglia. But it is also the tale of another kid, Michele, who during that summer will see his innocence and childhood smashed in the cruellest of ways, and will have to face moral dilemmas that go well beyond his years and his understanding.
While the originality and the power of the plot are striking, the real strength of the book lies, in my opinion, in the vivid descriptions that make places, emotions and events literally jump at you and envelop you in the torrid, claustrophobic, incomprehensible and frightening world that is Michele's in those hot summer days and nights. Ammaniti has an incredible talent for descriptions, but he also has an impressive 'eye' and 'ear' for childhood and this has to be one of the best books about childhood by and for adults that you read in years. A definite winner.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The secret betrayed
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5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant suprise
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4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the film, loved the book too
Great book about poverty, childhood, Italy. Could be read by anyone over 12, but gripping for all ages. Beautifully written and translated.
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