Vincenzo Chironi sets foot for the first time on the island of
Sardinia - 'a raft in the middle of the Mediterranean' - in 1943, a
year of famine and malaria. All he has with him is an old document
as proof of his name and date of birth, but to find out who he
really is he has had to undertake an even more stressful journey
than the one he has just faced in the steamer from mainland Italy
to Sardinia. At Núoro he will find his grandfather, a master
blacksmith, who will act as a substitute father but also as an
accomplice to him, and his aunt Marianna, who greets the unexpected
arrival of a previously unknown nephew as an opportunity to redeem
a life previously afflicted by misfortune. Years later, when the
presence of Vincenzo Chironi in Núoro seems to have become taken
for granted, as natural as the sea and rocks, his blood asserts
itself. Vincenzo meets Cecilia, a beautiful girl with eyes of an
undefinable shade who is a wartime refugee from elsewhere in
Sardinia, and falling in love seems the only course open to either
of them. Never mind that she is already engaged to Nicola, a boy
with whom Vincenzo is indirectly connected by marriage through his
aunt Marianna . . . Even if it may be a fact that "disobedience
must involve punishment", it may also be true that love cannot
avoid adding the latest link to an endless chain.
General
| Imprint: |
MacLehose Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2019 |
| Authors: |
Marcello Fois
|
| Translators: |
Silvester Mazzarella
|
| Dimensions: |
130 x 198 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-85705-673-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-85705-673-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780857056733 |
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