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New York, 1903. In a city where Italians and criminals alike are abhorred, Diamanteand Vita, proud and reckless children from a small Italian province, arrive alonein a country of opportunity and temptation. Witty, bitter, comic and tender, Vitais not only the story of two children against the world but also a haunting biographyof the immigrants who helped shape America. Named a Globe and MailBook of the Year in Canada and a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of 2005 in theUS, Vita also won the Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award.
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"Vita is a kind of New World parable, putting an Italian accent on the larger story of immigrant assimilation. Loud with the noise of a society in the making, it is also attuned to the inevitable losses and sorrows that accompany that process . . . [Mazzucco is] a supple stylist with a strong sensory gift [and] her narrative has an engaged intensity." –Sven Birkerts, The New York Times Book Review
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MELANIA MAZZUCCO was born in Rome in 1966. She earned a degree in Italian literature from La Sapienza University and a degree in cinema from the Experimental Center for Cinematography. In addition to four acclaimed novels, she has written award-winning works for the cinema, theatre and radio. Rights to Vita have been sold in 20 countries.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0006385281
- ISBN 13 9780006385288
- BindingPaperback
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Vita: A Novel
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Harper Perennial, Toronto, Ontario
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ISBN 13: 9780006385288
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