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Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails. From the freezing nights of a brutal winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined.

Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails. From the 40-below nights of a brutal Minnesota winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck, and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined. A stunning, brilliantly insightful meditation on life and longing that will stand beside such modern classics as H is for Hawk and Gilead.

«Nell'occhio della gallina è custodita la verità del mondo. La gallina non pensa, sa. Doveva arrivare il romanzo sulla migliore e piú derisa amica dell'uomo». (Niccolò Ammaniti) «Le colombe di Mercè Rodoreda, i pavoni di Flannery O' Connor e le galline di Jackie Polzin, tutti volatili letterari che sanno raccontare le donne, i loro pensieri intimi e le loro assurdità. Un romanzo che sotto l'ironia e la lingua ben misurata cova speranze e perdite, un universo umano sodo e compatto». (Giulia Caminito)