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A review by alondonreader
Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous
4.0
Don't go into this expecting a murder mystery (as the official description calls it) and you will be rewarded.
Yes there is a murder, but no one in the book really cares about the victim (a thoroughly unpleasant sort) and no one believes it was committed by the accused. Also, no one (including you, the reader) is really interested in whodunit.
What you get instead is a short but poignant novel about identity and belonging, centred around the titular elevator in a building in Rome, and its diverse occupants. The same events, viewed through a kaleidoscope of humanity.
Yes there is a murder, but no one in the book really cares about the victim (a thoroughly unpleasant sort) and no one believes it was committed by the accused. Also, no one (including you, the reader) is really interested in whodunit.
What you get instead is a short but poignant novel about identity and belonging, centred around the titular elevator in a building in Rome, and its diverse occupants. The same events, viewed through a kaleidoscope of humanity.