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Review title: Lost in The Translation ...
Product review: I am sure this is a case of something being lost in the translation. I speak native Italian and the translation is stilted; mistranslating Italian words (i.e. He says the child is afraid of "vipers' ... it should say "the child is afraid of "snakes.") The translator has no sense of idiomatic use of language, and therefore we wind up with a book that is neither Italian enough, nor English enough. If there is anything lyrical in Niccolo's writing, it is lost in this version. I was very disappointed at the ending. Left hanging high and dry. Very unsatisfying conclusion to a plodding and unbelievable story line. Sigh.
