In English
Strega 2010 · Winner
The Mussolini Canal
Canale Mussolini
Antonio Pennacchi · 60 when first published
Novel · 536 pages · Historical, Family, Migration
AI-generated summary:In the 1930s the Peruzzi, a large peasant family from the Po valley, are among the thousands of settlers sent south to farm the newly drained Pontine Marshes, led by the charismatic uncle Pericle.