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Praise for A Devil Comes to Town

‘Paolo Maurensig gives us a refined and engaging literary fable on narcissism and vainglory, and also on our inextinguishable thirst for stories’

Q Libri

‘In addition to the beauty of the plot of A Devil Comes to Town, one appreciates the refinement with which Maurensig tackles strong and intimate themes such as narcissism, self-awareness, and the Sartrean archetype of “hell is other people”’

EsteticaMente

‘Paolo Maurensig skillfully mixes bizarre narrative with great truths about the human soul’

GraphoMania

‘A diabolical game that convinces from start to finish. With this short novel, Maurensig offers us an apologue on the literary world that speaks of a country in which everyone writes, and where to breathe the air becomes hellish. The author of The Lüneburg Variation pulls the reader into a plot so intriguing and absorbing that it almost feels like reading a thriller’

Liberidiscrivere

‘Maurensig has created a gripping short novel that is critical about the realities of publishing, a hybrid of at least two genres, highly imaginative, and involving even beyond the final page’

Critica Letteraria

‘Biblical, oblique, and lying somewhere between thriller, fantasy, and legend, the new novel by Paolo Maurensig, A Devil Comes to Town, is a disturbing reflection in narrative form concerning the darker side of writing’

Il Giornale

‘A cultured and refined divertissement—with enjoyable retro references to late-romantic gothic literature, to the fantasy of Von Chamisso, to Hoffmann, and to Schnitzler’s later works—this book is also a pungent and very topical apologue’

Cronache Letterarie

‘Intelligently constructed and written in an elegant and refined style, this is a gem for even the most formidable readers; a fantastic little book that will keep you entertained for several wonderful hours over the weekend. Don’t miss it!’

Passione per Libri

‘Paolo Maurensig has written a playful literary novel that has the prodigious rhythm of a thriller’

Goodreads

An arresting talent among recent Italian writers

THE NEW YORK TIMES