Viareggio Prize (Premio Viareggio / Premio Letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci)
The Dust Roads of Monferrato (Flamingo S.)
A historical novel that follows several generations of a family from Monferrato across a long span of time, from the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars to Italian unification. Rooted daily life and the pressure of history accumulate through love, betrayal, and loss.
Work Information
At the end of the dusty road, family memory and the outline of modern Italy come into view.
Le strade di polvere centers on a farming family in Monferrato and follows them from the aftermath of the Napoleonic era through the years after Italian unification. The cycle of the seasons, the local landscape, and the breaks and continuities within the family are woven into a larger historical movement, giving the novel the weight of both regional history and family saga.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Published
- 1991-03-28
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Language
- イタリア語
- Size
- 20 x 14 x 4 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780006543725
- ISBN-10
- 0006543723
- Price
- 17432 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Foreign Language Fiction
A story of three generations of a farming family in Northern Italy during the 19th century, their lives reflecting and symbolising the social and historic developments of their country. This novel has won several awards, including the Super Campiello and the Viareggio.
Reviews
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Sad book
A sad boring book contributed nothing to knoledge or understsnding of the time or place Would not even pass it on