{"product_id":"the-fireflies-of-autumn-by-moreno-giovannoni-9781863959940","title":"The Fireflies of Autumn","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTales of war and migration, of feasts and misfortunes – of leaving home and returning home. This is Tuscany as you have never seen it before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fireflies of Autumn\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are tales of war and migration, feasts and misfortunes – of a people and their place over the course of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'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.'\u003c\/em\u003e – ALICE PUNG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46671951986924,"sku":"9781863959940","price":41.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/17812113482851.jpg?v=1752829138","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-fireflies-of-autumn-by-moreno-giovannoni-9781863959940","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}