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Author : Pietrantonio Lombardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0692194630
MEMOIR OF PIETRANTONIO LOMBARDI, GROWING UP IN A SMALL REMOTE VILLAGE OF ITALY AND IMMIGRATING TO AMERICA IN 1966 AT THE AGE 13 WITH HIS PARENTS.
Author : Pietrantonio Lombardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692874224
Nonno, Tell us a Story by Pietrantonio Lombardi is a delightful memoir of a young boy's life begun in the postwar Molise region of Italy and transformed when he immigrates to the United States just as he reaches adolescence. Real life episodes, from the town of Pagliarone/Villa San Michele to the city of Denver, are set against a backdrop of Italy's history, art, folklore, and sports world. Often poignant and more often humorous, this portrait of family love throughout its struggles and successes in two worlds is as different from other books of this type as are the people who live and write about them. If you love Italian as well as Italian- American culture, this is a must read that will be hard to put down
Author : A. C. Nicholas
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452020518
"You, my little Anna, have my blood in your veins." Nonno said proudly. You think like a Del Forno. Yes, my mother told us stories about the wolves, but never to frighten us. To us, at that time, the wolves were just a fact of life, like a storm or people you had never met before and really just didn't understand. With wolves, one needs to learn, and having learned, one needs to adapt. It all revolves around Anna. 1965- Anna Del Forno was fifteen when she and her sister visited their grandparents at the farmhouse outside of Binghamton, New York. When a storm forced them to stay longer than expected, her grandfather, a reserved, almost reclusive man began telling them a story, one that he had kept to himself since his youth in the 1920's in Sicily, with his sister Gelsamina, and the baron D'Arcamo, and the wolves. 1980- Fifteen years later, Anna finds herself returning to the now abandoned farmhouse, only to discover clues and messages that begin a journey that takes her from Binghamton, all the way to Sicily. A journey that all along, she was intended to make. Some called it a legacy, others a curse. Gelsamina, the young woman in the portrait, can only offer so many clues. The rest, Anna must discover by herself. And yet, Gelsamina is always there, sharing a meal, sharing what she knows, sharing the legacy. And when she hears the wolves howling l'anelito, the longing, Anna understands what she must do. There comes a point in time when, wanted or not, ones family gives them things. There also comes a time when one must accept them.
Author : Edvige Giunta,Louise DeSalvo
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781936932108
“A vast, thoroughly wonderful assortment of poetry, memoirs and stories . . . that defines today’s female Italian-American experience” (Publishers Weekly). Often stereotyped as nurturing others through food, Italian-American women have often struggled against this simplistic image to express the realities of their lives. In this unique collection, over 50 Italian-American female writers speak in voices that are loud, boisterous, sweet, savvy, and often subversively funny. Drawing on personal and cultural memories rooted in experiences of food, they dissolve conventional images, replacing them with a sumptuous, communal feast of poetry, stories, and memoir. This collection also delves into unexpected, sometimes shocking terrain as these courageous authors bear witness to aspects of the Italian American experience that normally go unspoken—mental illness, family violence, incest, drug addiction, AIDS, and environmental degradation. As provocative as it is appetizing, “this collection of verse and prose pieces . . . reveals the evocative and provocative power of food as event and as symbol, as well as the diversity of these women’s lives and their ambivalence regarding the role of nurturer” (Library Journal).
Author : G. Giuliani
Publisher : Banking on Vendetta
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780578088501
Author : Dion Italiano
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781514496664
Find Yourself Through My Eyes is a True Story about a young country boy who grew up on a Dairy Farm in a small town called Benger W.A with a Dream and The Burning Desire to Succeed and be the The Best Drummer In the World. This is his Inspirational story of Commitment, Failure Dedication Defeat Persistence and most of all his Undying Love. This isnt only the story about Dion Italiano, this is also his message to you! To Relight the fire inside of you so you can move forward with the Belief and the Confidence to know that you can Achieve Anything and Everything you put your mind to and whatever it is that you Truly Desire in your life! So what are you waiting for? Get out there and get it!
Author : Dan Yaccarino
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375859205
“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text and warm, colorful illustrations, Yaccarino recounts how the little shovel was passed down through four generations of this Italian-American family—along with the good advice. It’s a story that will have kids asking their parents and grandparents: Where did we come from? How did our family make the journey all the way to America? “A shovel is just a shovel, but in Dan Yaccarino’s hands it becomes a way to dig deep into the past and honor all those who helped make us who we are.” —Eric Rohmann, winner of the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit “All the Way to America is a charmer. Yaccarino’s heartwarming story rings clearly with truth, good cheer, and love.” —Tomie dePaola, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona
Author : Karen Richardson
Publisher : Barbera Foundation
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
A toast to the man who changed how America drinks… Enduring an unspeakable nightmare and a family secret that he guarded at all costs, Ernest Gallo overcame unimaginable odds to achieve the American dream. Ernest Gallo (the “E” of E & J Gallo) may have been haunted by tragedy, but that didn’t deter him from his mission: putting a bottle of wine on every American table. Gallo grew his legacy from the musty Modesto, California, dirt. From fallow acres, he practically willed the wine industry into being out of faith and tenacity as he overcame physical and emotional abuse, illness, and the near destruction of the family he was determined to save.
Author : Adam Schell
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780440338611
A village in Tuscany is the setting for this joyous debut—a novel that defies all our expectations as it puts a fresh, clever, captivating spin on the age-old tale of forbidden love. Rich in literary delights, filled with spectacular wordplay, and rife with the bawdy humor of Shakespeare’s comedies, Tomato Rhapsody is the almost-true tale of how the tomato came to Italy—at once a brilliantly inventive fable of love, lust, and longing, and a dazzling feast for the imagination. This is a story born from love—a forbidden love—between Davido, an Ebreo tomato farmer, and Mari, a beautiful Catholic girl.…But it’s not only Davido and Mari who have secrets of the heart. Everyone around them yearns for something—from Davido’s grandfather, who tenderly cultivates the tomato plant he stole on his voyages with Columbus, to Mari’s villainous stepfather, whose eye is trained on his stepdaughter’s virginity and his neighbor’s land. Caught in the midst of these passions and machinations is a village full of eccentrics who speak in rhyme, celebrate the Feast of the Drunken Saint, and live a life untouched by the passage of time. The schemes and dreams of these men and women are about to change as what is forbidden becomes too delicious to resist. Tradition, religion, and good taste collide unforgettably in a story about the courage to pursue love and tomato sauce at all costs.
Author : Melina Marchetta
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307433718
Before there was Eleanor and Park, there was Francesca and Will. A compelling story of romance, family, and friendship, with humor and heart, perfect for fans of If I Stay, The Spectacular Now, and Looking for Alaska. Francesca is stuck at St. Sebastian’s, a boys' school that pretends it's coed by giving the girls their own bathroom. Her only female companions are an ultra-feminist, a rumored slut, and an impossibly dorky accordion player. The boys are no better, from Thomas, who specializes in musical burping, to Will, the perpetually frowning, smug moron that Francesca can't seem to stop thinking about. Then there's Francesca's mother, who always thinks she knows what's best for Francesca—until she is suddenly stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost, alone, and without an inkling of who she really is. Simultaneously humorous, poignant, and impossible to put down, this is the story of a girl who must summon the strength to save her family, her social life, and—hardest of all—herself. Melina Marchetta is the Printz-winning author of Jellicoe Road, as well as Looking for Alibrandi and Finnikin of the Rock.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557220694
Author : Rocco Fumento
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Italian fiction
ISBN : UCAL:$B104273
"A first novel which exchanges whimsy for simplicity and achieves a straight-forward picture of an Italian village and its local dignitary, the old man, Cornullo. He has twice been pronounced dead and both times malevolently arises to mock the priest who would give the last rites and the doctor who has announced his end. His escapes bring him the reputation of being in league with the devil among the superstitious villagers, who respect his reputed wealth and his past glories as a brigand hero. These same escapes spur others to speed him on his way -- one with poisoned wine, another with an adder, a third with a hypodermic needle, and yet another with psychological pressures. But all are thwarted and the old man dies his own, slow, dignified death and in his own time repents and admits, at last, that he is penniless- a last laugh for his family and the townspeople. Some will find this a bit mystical and homespun but there will be those who will find its naturalness in plot and character appealing and refreshing."--Kirkus.
Author : William Augel
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781643377087
A spirited glimpse at the childhood of one of the world's greatest artists and thinkers: Leonardo da Vinci.
Author : Nadir Martello
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595430949
He Called Me By My Name is the combination of two books: Book One: Over the Next Hill and Book Two: Courage and Hope. These books were written over an extended period: between the late '80s and 1998 for Book One and in 2005-2006 for Book Two. Book One: Over the Next Hill is the story of my life from my birth in Adria, Italy, to 1997 when our family left far north Queensland to find a home in New South Wales. The book relates the story of my childhood dreams and troubles, my travels and my struggle to find the meaning of my life. Book Two: Courage and Hope tells the story of our life in Lismore, both as parents and as a couple whose children have left home. Having achieved some of the purposes related in Book One: Over the Next Hill, I relate what happens in our family and how I came to terms with many of the questions of my youth.
Author : Jessica Kluthe
Publisher : Brindle and Glass
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781927366127
Finalist for a 2014 Alberta Literary Award Between 1870 and 1970, 26 million Italians left their homeland and travelled to places like Canada, Australia and the United States, in search of work. Many of them never returned to Italy. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina, a Calabrian matriarch, who worked as a midwife in an area where only one doctor served three villages. She was also the only member of the Russo family to remain in Italy after the mass migration of the 1950s. Written by Rosina’s great-great- granddaughter, Rosina, the Midwife is a charming memoir that is at once a Canadian story and an Italian one. Through Kluthe’s meticulous research and great insight, we see her great-grandfather Generoso labouring through the harsh Edmonton winter in order to buy passage to Canada for his wife and children; we glimpse her grandmother Rose huddled in a third-class cabin, sick from the motion of the boat; and we watch, teary-eyed, as her great-great-grandmother Rosina is forced to say goodbye, one by one, to the people she loves.
