Loyalty
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Literary readers who enjoy contemporary European psychological fiction
- Those interested in marital ethics and the theme of desire
- Readers accustomed to slow reading who are willing to ponder characters' motives
- Readers who want to understand the landscape of contemporary Italian writing
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting strong plot and fast-paced storytelling
- Readers hoping for a clear moral conclusion
- Those uncomfortable with the subject of student-teacher relationships
Reading tips
- First note the differences between Carlo's and Margherita's perspectives, then judge the nature of the "misunderstanding."
- Treat the anonymous books as a structural clue, recording the points at which they appear and how characters react.
- After finishing, revisit the opening restroom scene and reassess the gaps the narrator leaves.
- In a book club, discuss whether "loyalty" is a behavioral constraint or an inner state.
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 忠诚（一）
- 忠诚（二）
- 忠诚（三）
- 忠诚（四）
- 忠诚（五）
- 忠诚（六）
- 忠诚（七）
- 忠诚（八）
- 忠诚（九）
- 忠诚（十）
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About the author
Marco Missiroli is a contemporary Italian novelist whose work belongs mainly to the field of foreign literature. Publicly available information about him is currently limited, and Chinese readers chiefly know his writing through his representative novel Loyalty. This novel centers on the complex relationship between marriage and desire, portraying how fidelity and betrayal, restraint and impulse intertwine in emotional life, and reflecting the author's sustained attention to the subtleties of human nature in intimate relationships. Based on the information currently available, the full scope of Missiroli's output and career cannot be adequately assessed, but judging from the thematic orientation of Loyalty alone, he tends to approach everyday emotions as his entry point, using the familiar situation of marriage to explore the psychological predicaments and moral tensions of modern people.
Shao Sining is a Chinese author about whom limited public information is available; neither the dates of birth and death nor an English name have been recorded. Judging from the two works held in the collection, Chasing That Voice and Loyalty, the author's writing spans the categories of general biography and foreign literature, suggesting movement between nonfiction narrative and literary subject matter. The title Chasing That Voice hints at a pursuit of voice, auditory experience, or a related figure, while Loyalty points to themes of steadfastness in human relationships and moral situations. Though the two works differ in subject, both tend to center on characters and emotions, with a style that likely attends to detail and inner feeling. As no fuller biography or author's statement is currently available, the overall shape of the writing style and the influence of the works await further material; readers may come to know the issues and narrative inclinations the author focuses on through these two books.
