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"In 1900 Sardinia, an intelligent and ambitious young woman with an impossible dream--to become the seamstress for a wealthy family--is drawn into a world far different than her own where she observes the town's residents, who are not quite what they pretend to be."--
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2017.
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"Sometimes a family's deepest silences hide the most important secrets. For Mina, a London-based travel writer, the enigmatic silence surrounding her aunt Carmela has become a personal obsession. Carmela disappeared from her Italian hometown long ago and is mentioned only in fragments and whispers. Mina has resisted prying, respectful of her family's Sardinian reserve. But now, with her mother battling cancer, it's time to learn the truth. In 1952,...
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Canne al vento è un romanzo di Grazia Deledda. Uscito a puntate sull'Illustrazione Italiana, dal 12 gennaio al 27 aprile 1913, dopo qualche mese fu pubblicato in volume, presso l'editore Treves di Milano. Il titolo del romanzo più famoso di Grazia Deledda allude al tema profondo della fragilità umana e del dolore dell'esistenza e in questa direzione mobilita le riflessioni e le fantasie di un eroe protagonista, come un primitivo, un semplice, assai...
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Florence, 1965. A man is found dead in his home, a pair of scissors stuck in his throat. Only one thing is known about him - he was a loan shark who ruined and blackmailed the vulnerable men and women who would come to him for help. Inspector Bordelli prepares to launch a murder investigation but the case will be a tough one for him, arousing mixed emotions: the desire for justice competing with a deep hostility for the victim.
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2019.
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"Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu's brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for a rich man. After a grueling journey through the countryside, the two are eventually released--but the experience leaves Alba shaken and unable to readjust to normal life, or to give voice to her inner...
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Pantheon Books
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[2004]
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English
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Albert is a German man searching Italy for love and only finding lovers. Of course, he isn't sure what love really is; he is just romantic. He returns to Germany and discovers Elena, a Sardinian waitress. When she returns to Sardinia he follows her there, with hopes that his dreams will be fulfilled.
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Penguin Books
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2012.
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English
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"Paris, 1978. Dawit, a young and beautiful Ethiopian refugee, lives in squalor. Despite being the educated son of wealthy parents, he roams the streets of Paris, penniless. By chance, Dawit spots the famous French author, M., who at sixty is at the height of her fame, elegant yet faded. Seduced by Dawit's grace and moving story, M. invites him to live with her in a wealthy quartier of Paris. He makes himself indispensable, or so he thinks. M. brings...
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