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The garden of monsters / Lorenza Pieri ; translated from the Italian by Liesl Schillinger.
Van Pelt Library PQ4916.I385 G5313 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pieri, Lorenza, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Giardino dei mostri. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Saint-Phalle, Niki de, 1930-2002--Fiction.
- Saint-Phalle, Niki de.
- Saint-Phalle, Niki de, 1930-2002.
- Families.
- Ranchers.
- Maremma (Italy)--Fiction.
- Maremma (Italy).
- Ranchers--Italy--Tuscany--Fiction.
- Tuscany (Italy)--Fiction.
- Tuscany (Italy).
- Families--Italy--Tuscany--Fiction.
- Italy--Maremma.
- Italy--Tuscany.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Physical Description:
- 346 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2020.
- Summary:
- A rural epic about warring families in modern Italy and an intimate bildungsroman of the artist's journey. Set over ten years in an unnamed town in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Rome's upper middle-class. When Sauro, an ambitious rancher, and Filippo, a hedonistic politician, become friends and business partners, the stories of their families become irrevocably intertwined. An influx of the nouveau riche and the excitement that comes with them: changes political allegiances, family loyalties, moral codes, and sexual identities. Sauro and Filippo, their wives Miriam and Giulia, and the sons Saverio and Luca are the prototypes of the new Italy, ostensibly emancipated from traditional mores, but at the same time, insecure and blinkered. Fifteen-year-old Annamaria, fragile and anxious, struggles to find her place among them and feels overshadowed by the beautiful and confident Lisa. Luckily, a parallel world is taking shape nearby, the Tarot Garden, the monumental sculpture garden created by the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It is in this magical place and through her conversations with the artist that Annamaria slowly finds a sense of identity and belonging. "Pieri adds to a robust tradition in modern Italian literature, popularized by authors like Elsa Morante in Arturo's Island, Italo Calvino in The Path to the Spiders' Nest, and Elena Ferrante in the Neapolitan Quartet: the novel of adolescent disenchantment, in which charmed and secret places are crucibles from which more hardened lives emerge."--Literary Hub.
- Contents:
- 0. The Fool
- 1. The Magician
- 2. The High Priestess
- 3. The Empress
- 4. The Emperor
- 5. The Hierophant
- 6. The Lovers
- 7. The Chariot
- 8. Justice
- 9. The Hermit
- 10. The Wheel of Fortune
- 11. Strength
- 13. Death
- 14. Temperance
- 15. The Devil
- 16. The Tower
- 17. The Star
- 18. The Moon
- 19. The Sun
- 20. Judgment
- 21. The World
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1609455975
- 9781609455972
- 9781787702219
- 1787702219
- OCLC:
- 1121083303
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