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The Mussolini Canal
Canale Mussolini
Antonio Pennacchi (born 1950)
Translated by Judith Landry
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The Mussolini Canal
Dedalus · United Kingdom · 2013 · 536 pages
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The Mussolini Canal is the backbone of the draining of the Pontine Marshes. On this brand-new land, dotted with freshly founded towns, thousands of settlers from the north are brought to farm. Among them are the Peruzzi, a large peasant family led south from the Po valley by the charismatic uncle Pericle, with the old parents, the brothers, their wives and the grandmother, gentle but unbending. There is vain Adelchi, the devoted brothers Iseo and Temistocle, a host of sisters, and Pericle's wife Armida, the most beautiful and strangest of all, always surrounded by bees that speak to her, and Paride, the favourite nephew.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 460 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Family, Migration (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy, 1930s–1940s
- First published
- 2010 by Mondadori
- Author's age
- 60 when first published
- ISBN
9788804546757 (original)
9781909232242 (Dedalus, United Kingdom)
- More
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