| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780967967530 | | Publisher: Paul Dry Books | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 30819456 | | Item#: R2J5LQ | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.25L x 1.25T | | Pages: 230 |
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| | | Recalling his childhood in fascist Italy during WWII, the author unearths a multicolored array of characters and situations, from the comic to the grotesque. His elegant and extremely odd aunt and uncle host a lunch party; his precocious teen cousin daringly allows young Nazi soldiers to follow her all the way to the door of the synagogue; the temple’s choir director, having lost his position at La Scala because he is Jewish, leads the temple choir in a rousing rendition of Verdi, leaving the congregation in tears. These people, many of whom died horrible deaths, are brought to life on the page, their weaknesses, charming idiosyncrasies, and glories intact. Through vivid details, Zargani recreates their humanity with humor and love—and in some cases with envy or lust. The title refers to the author’s father, Mario, a violinist forced to give up his livelihood with the fascists’ ascension into power.
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Most of the personalities recalled in this memoir suffered horrible deaths at the hands of the Nazis, but are alive here in this touching memoir of a Jew coming of age in fascist Italy.
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