{"product_id":"south-paperback-4","title":"South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Fortunato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Macgibbon\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the loves and losses of a middle-class family from Calabria, this heady, atmospheric saga retraces the history of twentieth-century Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young man in the Seventies, Valentino leaves home in search of a better life. With age, he begins to feel an intense regret, a longing for the world and the people he left behind, which he might not be able to recover, even after returning.\u003cbr\u003e Set in Magna Graecia, the sun-drenched land where ancient Greeks stopped in their travels and happily settled, now full of ruins, \u003ci\u003eSouth\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to a time when notaries and lawyers were undiscussed authorities in small towns. Meet the Notaio, his lover Magda, a Polish countess and a spy, and delve into their love story in Naples; meet the Farmacista, owner of the first chemist's shop in town, his wife Lea, and their children; follow the paths where these lives cross, and Tamara, Mara for short, marries into the Notaio's family; get to know charming Uncle Giorgio, an extravagant loner, owner of two small Gauguins, and Gioacchino, the house ghost.\u003cbr\u003e Servants, drivers, peasants fully devoted and bound to their masters enliven this tale of love and loss, war and peace, politics and power, told in an elegant, affecting prose that transports us through time and space.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Fortunato \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cirò, Calabria, Italy.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eFor three decades he worked as a literary critic for the Italian current affairs magazine \u003ci\u003eL'Espresso\u003c\/i\u003e and continues to work as a columnist for the German daily paper \u003ci\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a member of the Italian Cinema Commission of the Ministry of Culture and the International Advisory Board of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, is a founder of the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, and Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London. He is also a former director of the Antonio Ratti Art Foundation and former columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to writing novels, he has translated into Italian works by Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, and Henry James. \u003ci\u003eSouth\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel to appear in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia MacGibbon \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including Marta Barone's \u003ci\u003eSunken City\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives near Rome.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170878197895,"sku":"9781635422047","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/581b27047187d9ba6325e0e1bf89bb77.webp?v=1733351412","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/south-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}