The Homecoming Party by Carmine Abate
It is Christmas Eve. Sitting on the steps of the village church in front of an enormous bonfire lit in celebration of the season, a father and his son exchange stories. The father speaks of life as an emigrant from Italy, in perpetual limbo between departure and return, between France and his home. The son tells of a life marred by his father's long is absemces, but also of an otherwise idyllic childhood spent in a vivid, enchanting land. Each hides an awful secret concerning the fate of a mysterious man whose affair with the boy's older sister changed their lives. On this night of nights, a shared truth that has long been buried in the hearts of both men will finally emerge. Set in an Arberesh town in southern Italy and told in alternating first-person voices, The Homecoming Party>is simultaneoulsy a coming-of-age novel, a love story, and a heartfelt cry against the atrocious standards of living that force so many southern Italians to seek a better life elsewhere. In Antony Shugaar's masterful translation, The Homecoming Party>is an intense and moving novel about the difficulties of saying goodbye from one of Italy's greatest storytellers.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781933372839 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933372834 |
| Title | The Homecoming Party |
| Author | Carmine Abate |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Europa Editions |
| Year published | 2010-07-27 |
| Number of pages | 171 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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