From the Land of the Moon
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From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus
But what do we really know about other people? Set against the stunning Sardinian landscape of rugged mountains and villages lost in time, this internationally bestselling novel is a multi-generational family saga about love, lust, and country. An young unnamed woman reflects on the life of her grandmother, a bewitching and eccentric figure whose abiding search for love spans much of the twentieth century. In 1943, as American bombs fall on the city of Cagliari, the young woman's grandmother is thirty and already considered an old maid, unmarried and still living at home with her parents. But when the bombing ceases, and despite her protests, her father forces her to marry the first man to propose, an older widower she doesn't love. After suffering several miscarriages, she is sent for treatment at a spa on the mainland, where she falls in love with an injured Italian army veteran and nine months later gives birth to a son. Attributing the pregnancy to her spa treatment, she returns to her husband and never reveals the affair. Decades later, she returns to the mainland and travels to her former lover's hometown of Milan. Dressed in her finest coat and shoes, she wanders the streets in search of the elusive veteran.
Agus, Milena: - Milena Agus est nü¾Ž–”¼e ü¾Œ†”¼ Gü¾Ž†”¼nes en 1959. Professeur d'italien et d'histoire dans un institut technique, elle ü¾Ž–”¼crit son premier roman, Quand le requin dort, en 2005. Rü¾Ž–”¼vü¾Ž–”¼lü¾Ž–”¼e au public franü¾¶”¼ais par Mal de pierres, sorti en 2005, elle remporte notamment le prix Relay et le prix des libraires du Livre de Poche. Elle est aujourd'hui traduite dans le monde entier.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781609450014 |
| ISBN 10 | 1609450019 |
| Title | From the Land of the Moon |
| Author | Milena Agus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Europa Editions |
| Year published | 2011-01-13 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |