Taormina

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Yves Ravey, Alyson Waters

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New York Review Books
28 July 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Vacationing in Sicily in an attempt to resuscitate their doomed marriage, a hapless couple soon fall under suspicion for a horrific crime in this razor-sharp noir about migration, police corruption, and the self-absorption of the middle class.

Vacationing in Sicily in an attempt to resuscitate their doomed marriage, a hapless couple soon fall under suspicion for a horrific crime in this razor-sharp noir about migration, police corruption, and the self-absorption of the middle class.

Unhappy couple Melvil and Luisa are on holiday in Sicily in a last-ditch effort to save their broken marriage, but one wrong turn off the highway leaves them stranded in a thunderstorm in the middle of nowhere. The road is muddy, it's late, they hit something indeterminate in the dark.

The next day, the local newspaper reports that a child from a refugee camp was hit by a car and fatally injured. Melvil and Luisa hasten to find a garage in Taormina to repair their rental, but the repairs are costlier than expected, the police are sniffing around, tensions between the couple are rising, and soon their money will run out...

An elegantly laconic modern noir, brimming with the darkest of dark humor, Taormina presents a keen-eyed commentary on migration, police corruption, and the mediocrity and self-absorption of the middle class in a stunning translation by Alyson Waters.

By: Yves Ravey, Alyson Waters
Imprint: New York Review Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 146mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9798896230403
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 28 July 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Yves Ravey (b. 1953) has published some twenty spell-binding novels since 1989, for the most part with the prestigious Les ditions de Minuit. His novel Le drap won the Prix Marcel-Ayme in 2004. He lives in Besan on, France. Alyson Waters is an award-winning translator of some two dozen works of literary fiction and children's literature. For NYRB she has translated works by Emmanuel Bove, Jean Giono, and Jean-Patrick Manchette. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.