Last updated November 7, 2024 – 10:39 AM
A major new English-language multicast production of Disorder (“Sindrome”) by best-selling Italian author and social media favorite Rokia has been released by Audible.
A dark romance and fairy tale, the new Audible Original follows the lives of Olivia, Thea, Derek, and Edgar, four young people with traumatic pasts, each searching for their own way to heal.
Assembled by an unconventional doctor, the group must face a series of grueling challenges deliberately designed to confront their demons. But as they process the pain and familiar old wounds reopen, will friendship and love prevail and guide them?
The cast lineup includes Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black, Encanto), William Gao (Heartstopper, Crescendo), and Freya Arlan (The Witcher, Planet of the Apes). , starring Connor Swindells (Sex Education, Emma).
This is the first time that the novel has been translated into English and that Rokia's work has been made available to an English-speaking audience.
'Disorder' (originally published as 'Sindrome') will be published in 2023 as the follow-up to young author Rochia's best-selling debut novel 'The Truth Untold' (La Verit Nascota). It quickly became a hit in Italy.
The novel, which sensitively tackles issues surrounding mental illnesses such as self-harm, anorexia, and PTSD, is particularly popular among Gen Z audiences in Italy, and has made Rochia one of the most influential writers on the platform. It was widely praised on BookTok.
Rokia's Disorder is available to watch exclusively on Audible starting today, November 7th.
