Title: XStory

Author: Fabio Casto was born in 1974 in Liestal, Switzerland, where his parents were working as workers.
At the age of 1 he moved with the whole family to Cesenatico, Italy, where he actually lives and works as an ice cream maker, in his own shop.
He frequently travels across Asia during the winter time and writes poems and novels: in the year 2000 the novel “Oasi” was published by Editrice Nuovi Autori, two years after 23 poems in the anthology “Spiragli 52”; then in 2004 his second novel “Xstory” was published by Prospettiva Editrice and now translated by Karma Hickman, a british translator and journalist.
He’s actually working on his third novel.
www.fabiocasto.it

Synopsis: XStory is the tale of a young Italian anarchist who flees Europe after a Black Bloc terrorist attack goes wrong. After a brief stint in London, he heads for an unspecified destination in Southeast Asia, where he ends up on an island. He finds himself increasingly isolated and eventually ends up living in a hut on a beach, cut off from all human contact and grappling with his past.
The main narrative is interspersed with the author's own recollections, experiences and comments, lightening the frequently dark tone of X's story and asking the reader to consider the nature of fiction and the relationship between reader and writer and "real life" and fantasy.
Populated by a colourful array of characters, which grow increasingly surreal and entertaining as the narrative progresses, XStory has met with an enthusiastic response in Italy, where it has been compared to Alex Garland's The Beach. This is Fabio Casto's second published novel. It is approximately 38,000 words in length and has been translated into English by a British translator and journalist.


Isbn: 88-7418-211-2
Pages: 146
Price: € 4,00

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