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The Fireflies of Autumn
And Other Tales of San Ginese
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Tales of war and migration, of feasts and misfortunes – of leaving home and returning home. This is Tuscany as you have never seen it before.
San Ginese is a village where God lingers in people's minds and many dream of California, Argentina, or Australia. Some leave only to return feeling disheartened, wishing they had never come back, while some never leave and forever wish they had.
The Fireflies of Autumn takes us to the olive groves and piazzas of this little-known Tuscan village. There we meet Bucchione, who was haunted by the Angel of Sadness; Lo Zena, his neighbour, with whom he feuded for forty years; Tommaso the Killer, the Adulteress, the Dead Boy, and many others.
These are tales of war and migration, feasts and misfortunes – of a people and their place over the course of the twentieth century.
'I have never read a migrant tale so original, so breathtaking in scope, or so magical. I have not since stopped thinking about the characters in San Ginese.' – ALICE PUNG
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ISBN: 9781863959940
Publisher: Black Inc.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2018
Country: Australia
Imprint: Black Inc.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 349g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Moreno Giovannoni was born in San Ginese but grew up in a house on a hill, on a tobacco farm at Buffalo River in north-east Victoria. He is a freelance translator of long standing.
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