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Niccolò Tucci

    Niccolò Tucci was a storyteller who masterfully captured the complexities of the human experience through his short stories and novels. His works, penned in both English and Italian, draw deeply from his personal experiences, delving into themes of loss, identity, and cultural displacement. Tucci's writing is characterized by its keen observation and profound psychological insight, offering readers a rich and thought-provoking literary journey. His ability to weave autobiographical elements with universal truths makes him a distinctive voice in literature.

    Die Despotin
    Before My Time
    The Sun and the Moon
    • 1994

      In The Sun and the Moon , Niccolo Tucci celebrates the comic courtship of Mary von Randen, introduced in the previous novel Before My Time, and poor Italian country doctor Leonard Claudi. After not seeing each other for nine years, the couple finally meet again in Rome in 1902. The Sun and the Moon tells the story of the nine tumultuous days and nights of love, guilt, misunderstanding, confusion and ecstasy that follow this second encounter. A high-spirited exploration of the attempt to live out fantasies, this novel is a comic and passionate fairy tale, a sly literary sleight of hand, and a moving romance that celebrates the emotional extremes in us all.

      The Sun and the Moon
    • 1966