I have published 3 novels: “L’incoscienza del tempo” (2017). “Initium” (2021), “Vite sospese” (2022). Fair sales success especially for “Vite sospese” and favourable reviews and comments by journalists and readers. “L’incoscienza del tempo” won a Special Prize of Jury at Premio Letterario Internazionale Città di Latina 2019. “Vite sospese” won Merit Awards at Premio Letterario Internazionale SAMNIUM 2022, Honorable Mention at Premio Caffè delle Arti 2022, Diploma of Honour at Premio Letterario Argentario 2022 & Premio Caravaggio 2022. The reasons behind the awards Honorable Mention at Premio Caffè delle Arti Edizione 2022 for “Vite sospese” were: “Mystery is the common thread of this story, full of nuances and lapped by moments, real and tangible, of profound humanity. Thanks to a calibrated narration, essential and at the same time sharp in detail, Elio Sabia offers the reader a pleasant immersive experience. The story merges with the story itself and other stories; this is the predominant element of this novel. The care of time and its secrets, the fury of the past that bends to events and involves the protagonists, without asking their permission, leaving them there, suspended, as the title points out with veiled emotion. Relationships are suspended, distances are suspended that only a future, unknown and generous, can call to motion and reunification. A novel with a profound meaning that, without failing to dye reality with strong tones such as those that often make up everyday life, launches a message of hope towards renewed strength of mind.”
Reader Review for “Vite sospese”: “In line with the spirit of his other previous works, Elio Sabia proposes the mystery again with this new novel of his, as an inevitable leitmotiv. But the story, very beautiful and at times moving, also has a lot of truth and humanity in it. With a dry style but attentive to details and moods, Sabia offers us a pleasant and engaging reading.”
Italian Journalist Review for “Vite sospese”: “The protagonist of the novel “Vite sospese” is Mario, or better still he is the link for the real protagonist, Gennarino. In fact, the journalist Mario is given an old suitcase where he finds some forgotten writings with which he draws a novel. In these notebooks we read the story of Gennarino, who lived in the 1930s between Naples and New York. Between World War II and the American Mafia. There are all the human events of Gennarino in the course of his existence, an adventurous and sometimes dramatic life. But throughout the story about Gennarino's life, there is also space for Mario's story. He feels so involved in the events that he reads from the notebooks found in the suitcase that he becomes part of them, to the end. In fact, the author also describes the frustrations and hopes of the young Mario, who has to face his life while writing the novel. Life that is not exactly simple, also because of his partner Camilla. The story of Gennarino is really exciting and sometimes even moving, it is really read with curiosity right from the start. The author has an impeccable writing that transports the reader to his world and manages to keep him between the lines of the story. Both the life of Gennarino and that of the journalist Mario, even if in two different time frames, make it clear how circumstances can change people's destinies. Especially people who never give up, like them who seem to live parallel lives, between courageous choices, disappointments and conquests. Recommended for all those who love literature and fiction, adventurous and historical novels, but also those of coming-of-age novel.”
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