In this decadent deeply evocative novel a young artist travels to Rome to heal a broken heart
where she confronts loneliness and intimacy rage and desire: Sensorial as hell . . . A
stunningly cool and stylish debut (Paul Beatty Man Booker Prize-winning author of The
Sellout). Emilia arrives in Rome reeling from heartbreak and reckoning with her past. What was
supposed to be a romantic trip has with the sudden end of a relationship become a solitary
one instead. As she wanders music art food and the beauty of Rome's wide piazzas and narrow
streets color Emilia's dreamy but weighty experience of the city. She considers the many
facets of her life drifting in and out of memory following her train of thought wherever it
leads. While climbing a hill near Trastevere she meets John an American expat living a
seemingly idyllic life. They are soon navigating an intriguing connection one that brings pain
they both hold into the light. As their intimacy deepens Emilia starts to see herself anew
both as a woman and as an artist. For the first time in her life she confronts the ways in
which she's been letting her father’s success as a musician overshadow her own. Forced to
reckon with both her origins and the choices she's made Emilia finds herself on a singular
journey—and transformed in ways she never expected. Equal parts visceral and cerebral Six Days
in Rome is an ode to the Eternal City a celebration of art and creativity and a meditation on
self-discovery. Includes a Reading Group Guide.
