Nymph

Name: Nymph
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ISBN: 9781923058873

Sofia Montrone

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Text Publishing Company
09 June 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Adult & contemporary romance

A tale of ephemeral love set over two transformative summers at a hotel in the northern Italian countryside.

Ten-year-old Leo spends her mornings tidying the rooms of her nonna's time-worn Italian hotel, quietly accumulating the junk and treasures left behind by guests-a pearl earring, a lock of hair. Her nights are suffused with her father's liquor-spun tales of his childhood, mingled with stories of Greek heroes of old.

Years later, over another hot, endless Italian summer, the hotel is one of the only things in Leo's life that has remained constant. An accident has knocked her family sideways; her brother Max is distant, and Nonna has grown frail. But then she meets Dolores, a young American woman who sets something alight in Leo that she didn't know existed.

Heat-soaked, sensual and steeped in an exquisite longing, Nymph traverses the extraordinary pains, soaring pleasures and many metamorphoses it takes to finally grow up.

PRAISE-

'Nuanced, wise...this sensual, yearning novel of personal tragedy and first love in the Northern Italian countryside will transport readers of all ages.' Shelf Awareness

'Polished, economic, swift, smart, spiritual...a transcendent work of intelligence.' Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself

'Montrone's lyrical prose is masterfully precise. Nymph is a dazzling debut that captures the dizzying intensity of first love.' Adam Wilson, author of Sensation Machines

'This shimmering gem of a novel invites you to re-experience that gut-punch feeling of youthful summer romance...

Nymph is a truly impressive debut.' Anelise Chen, author of Clam Down

By: Sofia Montrone
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781923058873
ISBN 10: 1923058878
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 09 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sofia Montrone is a writer based in New York. She teaches at Columbia University, where she earned her MFA. Her short fiction and criticism have appeared in the Columbia Review, Quarto, and Adroit. Nymph is her debut novel.

Reviews for Nymph

'Polished, economic, swift, smart, spiritual...a transcendent work of intelligence.' * Heidi Julavits, author of Directions to Myself * 'Montrone’s lyrical prose is masterfully precise. Nymph is a dazzling debut that captures the dizzying intensity of first love.' * Adam Wilson, author of Sensation Machines * 'This shimmering gem of a novel invites you to re-experience that gut-punch feeling of youthful summer romance...Nymph is a truly impressive debut.' * Anelise Chen, author of Clam Down *