Casa Rossa Read By Francesca Marciano
| Title | : | Casa Rossa |
| Author | : | Francesca Marciano |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 352 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0375726373 |
A crumbling farmhouse in Puglia, Casa Rossa was bought by Alina Strada s grandfather at a time when no one else wanted it Now busy preparing it for sale, Alina endeavors to recover the memories it still harbors in particular of three women whose passions indelibly shaped her family s dark past There s grandmother Renee, whose love of novelty won over everything else Ali A crumbling farmhouse in Puglia, Casa Rossa was bought by Alina Strada s grandfather at a time when no one else wanted it Now busy preparing it for sale, Alina endeavors to recover the memories it still harbors in particular of three women whose passions indelibly shaped her family s dark past There s grandmother Renee, whose love of novelty won over everything else Alina s mother, Alba, whose marriage to a screenwriter inspired both great art and unbearable sadness Finally Isabella, Alina s sister, whose fervent politics drove her to ever escalating betrayals Moving from Jazz Age Paris to 1950s Rome to modern day New York, but returning always to the uncompromising beauty of Italy s south, Casa Rossa is a spellbinding story of how loves and losses, secrets and lies, resonate across the generations
about Author
Francesca Marciano is an Italian novelist and a screen writer She has lived in New York and in Kenya for many years To date she has written four novels Rules of the Wild , listed as one of the NYT notable books of the year, Casa Rossa , The End of Manners , The Other Language shortlisted for the Story prize in 2014 She s currently living in Rome.
The Other Language
Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa
The End of Manners: A Novel
Voces de cristal/ Glass Voices (Spanish Edition)
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Published :2016-04-21T09:40+01:00
A crumbling farmhouse in Puglia, Casa Rossa was bought by Alina Strada s grandfather at a time when no one else wanted it Now busy preparing it for sa
352 pagesFrancesca Marciano
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