Liberation by Joanna Scott
Adriana Nardi is only ten years old when Allied forces occupy her lush island home during World War II, plaguing the quiet Italian village with violence and uncertainty. Amdu is a Senegalese soldier who abandons his comrades and befriends Adriana after witnessing an unspeakable act that has far-reaching repercussions. Years later, on a commuter train bound for Penn Station, sixty-year-old Adriana revisits her memories of the war and her doomed relationship with Amdu, even as a present crisis threatens her life.
Deeply moving, Joanna Scott brilliantly captures war as seen through the innocence of a child * Bookpage *
An affecting, unsentimental portrait of a survivor taking stock of her life and loves * #NAME? *
In Liberation, Scott pulls off kaleidoscopic shifts of observation with a depth of vision possessed by great writers..Scott is in full control of folly and tragedy in a world she has painstakingly researched and brilliantly imagined * Los Angeles TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
An affecting, unsentimental portrait of a survivor taking stock of her life and loves * #NAME? *
In Liberation, Scott pulls off kaleidoscopic shifts of observation with a depth of vision possessed by great writers..Scott is in full control of folly and tragedy in a world she has painstakingly researched and brilliantly imagined * Los Angeles TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
Joanna Scott is the author of nine books, including The Manikin, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lannan Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316018890 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316018899 |
| Title | Liberation |
| Author | Joanna Scott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2008-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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