The ocean in the well / Nino Famà ; translated from the Italian by Damiano Pietropaolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Famà, Nino, author.

Contributor:

Pietropaolo, Damiano, translator.

Series:

Essential translation series ; 50.

Essential translation series ; 50

Standardized Title:

Oceano nel pozzo. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Immigrants--Fiction.

Immigrants.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Chicago ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2021.

Summary:

"Stefano falls madly in love with Milena, leaves the seminary and his religious vocation, mesmerized by the beauty and the charm of the girl. But, as often happens in life, reality does not follow the schemes designed by humans: fate, perfidy and destiny, hinder the path established by the two lovers. The people of the town, who had seen the vocation of the young man as a collective good, receive the news of Stefano abandoning the seminary with disappointment and dismay. To escape the hostility, Stefano leaves for America with a promise to come back in a year, He and Milena would get married and then both would go back to America together. However, once in New York Stefano faces loneliness, hard work, the underworld and even prison after being convicted of collaboration in his boss's criminal affairs. Having served his four years sentence in jail, his criminal record made repatriation compulsory. Back in Italy, Stefano dedicates his life to serving the poor. He reconciles with Milena, who was now separated from a common law marriage from which she had had a child, and marries her."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of: L'oceano nel pozzo.

Other Format:

Online version: Famà, Nino. Oceano nel pozzo. English. Ocean in the well.

ISBN:

9781771836401

1771836407

OCLC:

1200117375

Publisher Number:

99987674539