Gianrico Carofiglio

Three O'Clock in the Morning

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“In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and profound discovery that helps them come to truly know each other.
Antonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn't played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio's mother but when Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy, they travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment. It is there, in a foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will get to know each other and connect for the first time.
A beautiful, gritty, and charming port city where French old-world charm meets modern bohemia,…
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145 printed pages
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
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    Stop reading and concentrate on the noises around you,
    the noises you weren’t conscious of until a few seconds ago. You may be in a quiet room, but you’ll still detect the sound of some distant equipment, a rustling, a humming, voices—some close, some farther away—whose words you can’t make out but are there. And you’ll become aware of the movements, the vibrations produced by your body: your breathing, your heartbeat, the gurgling of your digestive system.
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    Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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    Balikwas. It’s a word in Tagalog, the main language of the Philippines. It’s not easy to translate. It means something like: jumping suddenly into another situation and being surprised by it, changing your own point of view, and seeing things you thought you knew in a different way.
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