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The Politics of Italy
This innovative text offers a fresh approach to Italian politics and society, providing insight into subjects ranging from parliament to corruption and the Mafia. Using clear and simple language, its incisive analysis helps readers to see through common Italian stereotypes by means of a familiar comparative approach.
The Sound of the Wind
The novel The Sound of the Wind deals with the fate of the two Jewish siblings Maria and Paolo, who were abandoned by their mother. This true story happened in 1940 in a small village in the province of Palermo - Sicily. It is the story of a mother who abandons her own children for her dream of a better life. She chose this cruel act at a time that was unbelievably horrible and cruel. Soon after the twelve-year-old sweet girl gets captured by an old hunter and he tries to violate her. Both children experienced one agony after another, until they learn from a Carabinieri that her father was brutally murdered in prison. The mother goes insane when sees with her own eyes how her new lover constantly cheats on her with his ex-girlfriend. Filled with deep hatred and anger, she saw no other way out and the tragedy takes its course. It's a real-life story, with intrigues, murders and strokes of fate that entraps the reades from the first page till the very last. As a bonus, the author has also included 6 wonderful poems that will resonate deeply with the readers.
My Wartime Italian Roots and My Canadian Dream
During the second war, the town of Pettorano sul Gizio was very close to the action because of its proximity to the Gustav Line, a defensive position estabilished by the Germans to slow down the advancing Allied forces. Pettorano’s geographic coordinates and its major transportation corridors, motivated the Germans army to set up a post in this locale. As the results of location and the German army presence, the town is rich in war history, including the evacuation of 4,000 souls when a major offensive was imminent. Some of the evacuees scattered into neighbouring outskirts, but most of them fl ed into the mountains near the village, seeking refuge. I have also added another story, which I share with at least 3,000 citizen of Pettorano: the immigrant experience.The war and its devastation on the economy made imperative the necessity to leave the homeland in search of a better life. Many of us came to Canada. It is from here that I recall the journey and pen these words and comment on the events so that our children’s and grandchildren’s generation might appreciate the sacrifi ces endured by their ancestors.
The Grotesque Dancer on the Eighteenth-century Stage
Italian ballet in the eighteenth century was dominated by dancers trained in the style known as "grotesque"—a virtuoso style that combined French ballet technique with a vigorous athleticism that made Italian dancers in demand all over Europe. Gennaro Magri’s Trattato teorico-prattico di ballo, the only work from the eighteenth century that explains the practices of midcentury Italian theatrical dancing, is a starting point for investigating this influential type of ballet and its connections to the operatic and theatrical genres of its day. The Grotesque Dancer on the Eighteenth-Century Stage examines the theatrical world of the ballerino grottesco, Magri’s own career as a dancer in I...
Italy’s Eighteenth Century
In the age of the Grand Tour, foreigners flocked to Italy to gawk at its ruins and paintings, enjoy its salons and cafés, attend the opera, and revel in their own discovery of its past. But they also marveled at the people they saw, both male and female. In an era in which castrati were "rock stars," men served women as cicisbei, and dandified Englishmen became macaroni, Italy was perceived to be a place where men became women. The great publicity surrounding female poets, journalists, artists, anatomists, and scientists, and the visible roles for such women in salons, academies, and universities in many Italian cities also made visitors wonder whether women had become men. Such images, of course, were stereotypes, but they were nonetheless grounded in a reality that was unique to the Italian peninsula. This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour.
The Sound of the Wind
The novel "The Sound of the Wind" deals with the fate of two Jewish siblings Maria and Paolo, who were abandoned by their mother. This true story happened in 1940 in a small village in the province of Palermo / Sicily. It is the story of a mother who abandons her own children for her dream of a better life. She chose this cruel act at a time that was unbelievably horrible and cruel. Soon after the twelve-year-old sweet girl gets captured by an old hunter and he tries to violate her. Both children experience one agony after another, until they learn from a Carabinieri that their father was brutally murdered in prison. The mother goes insane when she sees with her own eyes how her new lover constantly cheats on her with his ex-girlfriend. Filled with deep hatred and anger, she sees no other way out and tragedy takes its course… It's a real-life story, with intrigue, murders and strokes of fate that entraps the reader from the first page till the very last. As a bonus, the author has also included 6 wonderful poems that will resonate deeply with the readers.
Chasing the Mafia
The ‘ndrangheta is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small villages and locations in Italy and in different countries around the world.
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