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The Road to the City
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TRANSLATED BY FRANCES FRENAYE
'They say that big families are happy, but I could never see anything particularly happy about ours.'
Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is 17, and dreams of marrying a rich man; she dreams of a grand apartment in the city and silk stockings. To escape her father's neglect and her mother's sadness, she begins to take the dusty road to the city every day, accompanied by Nini, her sweet and mysterious cousin.
When Nini takes a job in a factory and moves in with a city woman, Delia sees another way of being. But when she discovers she's pregnant, she agrees to marry the father, seduced by the promise of wealth and comfort. Nothing, not even Nini's desperate declaration of love, can stop her but her rejection will be his undoing.
The Road to the City is a short, poignant novel about the dreams of youth, and the cruelty it takes to make them come true.
'Filled with shimmering, risky, darting observation.' -- Colm Tóibín
Translated by Frances Frenaye
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Faber & Faber Ltd
Hatton Garden 51 The Bindery
EC1N 8HN London
www.faber.co.uk
44 (0) 20 7927 3800
'They say that big families are happy, but I could never see anything particularly happy about ours.'
Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is 17, and dreams of marrying a rich man; she dreams of a grand apartment in the city and silk stockings. To escape her father's neglect and her mother's sadness, she begins to take the dusty road to the city every day, accompanied by Nini, her sweet and mysterious cousin.
When Nini takes a job in a factory and moves in with a city woman, Delia sees another way of being. But when she discovers she's pregnant, she agrees to marry the father, seduced by the promise of wealth and comfort. Nothing, not even Nini's desperate declaration of love, can stop her but her rejection will be his undoing.
The Road to the City is a short, poignant novel about the dreams of youth, and the cruelty it takes to make them come true.
'Filled with shimmering, risky, darting observation.' -- Colm Tóibín
Translated by Frances Frenaye
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Faber & Faber Ltd
Hatton Garden 51 The Bindery
EC1N 8HN London
www.faber.co.uk
44 (0) 20 7927 3800
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Data wydania: 20.05.2021
Liczba stron: 104
Typ okładki:miękka okładka
Wydawca: Daunt Books
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Tytuł:The Road to the City
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EAN: 9781911547624
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