Christina Kassar Scalia born in Noto in 1977, today she lives and works in Aci Castello near Catania, where she works as an ophthalmologist. Since 2014, she has collected one literary success after another and has distinguished herself by winning several awards. He is currently in the rankings with his recently released book titled Carriage of the Saint.
Not just an investigative writer, at work Cassar Scalia it is actually a story about a sunny country with a thousand flowers, like Sicily, which, however, hides some dark corners. His books in them, the main characters are women with a strong and courageous temperament in a constant struggle with themselves and the environment. His first work, also translated into French and won the first Capalbio opera award, is called Second summer and it’s a book set in the 80s that tells the story of the protagonist Leia and a summer love meeting twenty years later.
This great success was followed by others such as Rooms Sirocco, a 2015 novel in which a certain Vittoria is at the center of the plot. The protagonist, living in Rome, discovers through a series of events that he is returning with his family to his country of origin in Sicily, and here a sharp comparison is made between the reality of the capital and the reality of a small country. From these first pen bestsellers Christina Kassar Scalia it took a different, but perhaps not so unexpected, direction.
Books by Christina Kassar Scalia
With Sicily as stage theater Cassar Scalia began to explore more contemporary issues. In artistic form, she managed to embody the image of Vanina Guarassi and transform it into a serial literary series. First chapter black sand, yellow, dated 2018, with the assistant manager of the Catania mobile team. This work guaranteed her the Racalmare Leonardo Sciascia literary award.
But Vanina Guarassi’s investigations are also ongoing in 2019 and 2020 respectively with Lampar logic and with Climbing Saponari. Then they went out Man from the port Christina Kassar Scalia As well as Chaplain Talent. All the murders in his books are cruel and rude, and the place is always the same, a magical land Sicily, in which, in addition to ancient history, there is a history made by unscrupulous criminals. Details and descriptions are masters, and as readers we too dive into the heart of the research, between twists and turns and plot pressures we can’t help but remain nailed with the book in our hands. An exciting job is also one in which Cassar Scalia stands next to Giancarlo De Cataldo and Maurizio de Giovanni in Three steps to crime.
Christina Kassar Scalia’s latest book: The Saint’s Carriage
Transportation of the saint published by Einaudi is the latest work Christina Kassar Scalia, released this year, is already at the top of the charts. Thanks to the author, Giovanna Guarassi’s character Vanina returns to investigate. We are always in Sicily, in Catania, during the feast of Sant’Agata. But who is Vanina Guarassi? Vanina is a woman who pays attention to detail due to her professional deformity, has many talents, and doesn’t like to be called a superhero because she is more than human. In fact, he allows himself to be carried away by emotions, weaknesses, weaknesses and bankruptcies. romantic relationship.
We know about her dedication and skills at work, about her values as a woman and a police officer, but her appearance or any other details are never described. It’s completely voluntary on the part Cassar Scalia because the reader’s imagination is able to “see” it the way it wants to. His story begins with the death of his father at the hands of the mafia and the narrative begins with the spirit of revenge on the crime. His character is not always the same, book after book there is a real evolution, not only professional, but above all personal.
Source: Elle