Publisher: Mondadori
Series: Piccola Biblioteca Oscar
First published: 7 settembre 2010
Pages: 518
Sticko
Short story in the anthology
Freedom – AA.VV.
“While as a journalist I am expected to remain at some distance from events, I must expect as a writer to do the opposite: eliminate the distance and delve into these events, to undertake a journey from which both I and the reader return irreparably drenched in sorrow.”
In this anthology of short stories, each dedicated to an article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I have the honour of being with some of the greatest and most popular writers on earth, including two Nobel Prize winners for Literature.
As the only Italian writer, I dedicated my short story to the crime of torture, giving a dreamlike voice to a young protagonist of the events of the G8 in Genoa.
FREEDOM has been translated and published by the following publishing houses:
Mainstream Publishing | Mondadori | Random House | Key Porter | Kailas | Broadway Paperbacks | Gruner | Dogan Egmont | Editorial Presenca
“It’s hard to pick a few of the many highlights from this extraordinary collection of short stories […] A memorable creation is ‘Sticko’, in Gabriella Ambrosio’s reflection in our right to freedom from torture.”
Tribune Magazine, London
“Sticko” by Gabriella Ambrosio is one of the most effective and powerful short stories I have come across in 25 years as a translator
Alastair McEwen
“I have read and re-read ‘Sticko’. It is powerful but troubling. Until I can put my hand on what is troubling I feel paralysed. More awe struckness and the embarrassment of not having the right words to express my feeling.”
Bill Shipsey