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The Round Dance - A Novel
Carmine Abate; Translated by Michelangelo La Luna; Foreword by Francesco Altimari
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R442
Discovery Miles 4 420
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The village of Hora is a magical place that blurs the boundaries
between a mythical past and the present. It is here that Costantino
Avati grows alongside his impetuous and melancholic father,
Francesco; his mother, Elena, who hides a secret torment; his two
sisters, Orlandina and Lucrezia; and his grandfather Lissandro, the
last custodian of an era and a world that are disappearing. As
Costantino feels the pangs of first love with the intriguing Roman
Isabella, he also discovers the romantic allure of his own village
and its rich cultural heritage. In his first novel, acclaimed
author Carmine Abate transforms his Italo-Albanian (Arbëresh)
hometown of Carfizzi, Calabria, into a magical realist wonderland
that rivals Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez’s Macondo. Inspired by the
oral traditions of the old Albanian bards and incorporating the
poetic local dialect, The Round Dance is a unique piece
of multicultural literature that was named by the publishing house
Mondadori as one of the one hundred greatest Italian novels of the
twentieth century.Â
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The Round Dance - A Novel
Carmine Abate; Translated by Michelangelo La Luna; Foreword by Francesco Altimari
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R1,496
Discovery Miles 14 960
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The village of Hora is a magical place that blurs the boundaries
between a mythical past and the present. It is here that Costantino
Avati grows alongside his impetuous and melancholic father,
Francesco; his mother, Elena, who hides a secret torment; his two
sisters, Orlandina and Lucrezia; and his grandfather Lissandro, the
last custodian of an era and a world that are disappearing. As
Costantino feels the pangs of first love with the intriguing Roman
Isabella, he also discovers the romantic allure of his own village
and its rich cultural heritage. In his first novel, acclaimed
author Carmine Abate transforms his Italo-Albanian (Arbëresh)
hometown of Carfizzi, Calabria, into a magical realist wonderland
that rivals Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez’s Macondo. Inspired by the
oral traditions of the old Albanian bards and incorporating the
poetic local dialect, The Round Dance is a unique piece
of multicultural literature that was named by the publishing house
Mondadori as one of the one hundred greatest Italian novels of the
twentieth century.Â
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