The Night I Killed Kurt Cobain

Defining yourself also means losing something.

Italy, 1994. Frances, 17, blue-haired and sharp-eyed, is in love with words, music, and the photographs she takes to tell stories about what we see—and especially what we don’t. She’s also in love with Kurt Cobain. Or maybe with Zippo and Liam, her bandmates and closest friends. When they find out Kurt is in Rome, the three of them decide to hitchhike there and meet him. It’s not just about meeting an idol—it’s about escaping their small town lives and testing who they really are. The journey is messy, bold, and unforgettable. And what happens on the night of March 3, 1994, will forever change Frances’s world. Told through fragments of narrative, poems, and imagined photographs, this novel is a raw and poetic tribute to youth, longing, and the fragile beauty of growing up.

• The ’90s, the passion for a legend, an idol.
• The power of language. As in a diary or a personal album, every event is told in three ways: the narration of the events, photography with what we don’t see, and a poem/song written by the protagonist.