A Winter's Night

by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Book Overview

Set during the first half of the twentieth century, this is the story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan Plain who have worked the land since time immemorial. And it is a story about the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers, roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen-twenties and thirties. In this expansive novel, reminiscent of Bertolucci's masterpiece 1900 in its scope and subject matter, these two worlds meet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609450760
• ISBN13: 9781609450762
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher