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The Silent Period

by Francesca Manfredi

A retreat from visibility, and the silence it leaves behind

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A retreat from visibility, and the silence it leaves behind

Set in Turin, the novel begins with Cristina Martino’s decision to leave social media, but her withdrawal soon reaches beyond the digital world. As she sheds words and gestures and then vanishes, her absence prompts her sister Elena to search for her and opens onto a wider response described as a “silent revolution.” The setup links private self-effacement with collective change, while keeping solitude in view as both a possible refuge and a source of danger. At its heart are questions about how people become visible to one another, and what genuine connection asks of them.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary literary fiction about solitude and connection.
  • Readers drawn to stories that begin with social media withdrawal and widen into collective response.
  • Readers interested in sibling relationships and the contrast between two sisters’ lives.

Themes

Solitude and connectionSelf-effacement and visibilitySocial media withdrawalSibling relationshipsCollective silence

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Book overview

Cristina Martino is twenty-eight and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles.

What is at first a digital detox becomes an act of self-effacement: Cristina deprives herself of words, then gestures, then disappears altogether, sparking a growing "silent revolution." When Elena tries to find her, she discovers a world much quieter and stranger than anyone ever imagined. A slender novel of big ideas, The Silent Period probes at solitude--whether chosen or suffered, salvific or fatal--and our need for genuine connection.

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