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As God Commands

Niccolò Ammaniti · 2006 CE · Novel · Italian · Contemporary

A thirteen-year-old boy lives on the margins of a northern Italian town with his violent, unemployed neo-fascist father, who teaches him a code of loyalty and contempt. One night a planned robbery goes wrong and the bond between the two is tested. Ammaniti's novel won the Strega Prize in 2007.

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Attributes

Genre
Crime / NoirThriller
Theme
Class & InequalityLoyaltyLoss of InnocenceSurvivalIndividual vs Society
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
InnocentAnti-HeroRebel / Outlaw
Plot type
Tragic Reversal
Symbol / motif
The House
Conflict
vs Societyvs Person
Mode / tone
RealistTragic
Culture / tradition
Italian

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