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Il Battipalle di Malhausen
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $12.40
ISBN13: 9783952638712
Publisher: Ghost & Scrolllight Editions
Published: Sep 7 2025
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
At eighteen, still the boy in Malhausen's eyes, he believes he's solved shame. If he invites one precise, controlled hurt, he won't be shattered by the slow cruelty of being unseen. In alleys and squares, he provokes a proof he can carry: a knee, a strike, a private ritual that keeps the world's mockery outside the door.
But faces outlast pain. An older student's fury, a woman's clean, unambiguous blow, and finally a young woman's quiet no begin to shift the ground. She won't be his instrument. She asks for words. He tries. He fails. He relapses. And then, carefully, clumsily, he learns a language harder than pain: presence, consent, and the ordinary courage of being seen.
Set against a coal-gray town that remembers your mistakes more than your name, Il Battipalle di Malhausen is a spare, psychological coming-of-age about control, vulnerability, and the moment a person chooses conversation over performance. It's not sensational; it's intimate. Not a diagnosis; a single human path.
What you'll find: distilled prose; interior stakes; rules that become questions; a relationship built on words; and an ending that honors two people choosing each other without spectacle.
Content note: brief, non-graphic depictions of physical pain between consenting adults; themes of vulnerability and resilience. All characters are 18+.
Disclaimer: This work is neither a condemnation of nor an invitation to any practice; it tells one story, and nothing herein should be read as advice or instruction.
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