Dimitri Galli Rohl

Knock Out

Sport

Mattia was born for boxing, but what does life have in store for him?

Mattia is a boy who has everything, while Alì is a young man from the Maghreb, working on the construction of the new swimming pool that Mattia’s parents want to give him for his birthday. The two seem to have nothing in common until they find themselves face to face in the ring. The encounter-leads to both being exhausted, bruised, and friends. Through this confrontation, Mattia will discover that these two worlds, the one he comes from and the one he lives in, are not so far apart and, most importantly, they are not that different.

  • A memorable protagonist, a boy who, thanks to boxing, gives a voice to those who have none.
  • A novel that speaks of sports and integration, rivalry and friendship, but most of all, discovering one’s emotions.
Publisher: Einaudi Ragazzi (Italy)
Target: 12+
Year: 2019
Author
Dimitri Galli Rohl

Dimitri Galli Rohl lives and works in Lucca, Tuscany. A graduate of the A. N. A. D. (National Academy of Dramatic Art "Silvio D'Amico"), he is an actor, director, and theater educator active throughout Italy.

Since 2016, he has collaborated with the agency "Book on a Tree," publishing two books for young readers. The first, Il romanzo di Holly e Benji (The Story of Holly and Benji), was published by Mondadori in 2017, while Kappa O., published by Einaudi (in the "Carta Bianca" series), was released in the spring of 2019. In the same year, the publisher Marcos y Marcos released Il Silenzio dei Gondolieri (The Silence of the Gondoliers) by William Goldman, his first translation from American English. During the Lucca Comics and Games event, the special edition of La Principessa Sposa (The Princess Bride) by Goldman, which he personally edited, was also published by Marcos.

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