In a Glass House

by Nino Ricci

Book Overview

After a harrowing voyage from Italy, during which his mother died, seven-year-old Vittorio arrives in Canada with his newborn half-sister, and is reunited with his estranged father, a dark, isolated,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312135203
• ISBN13: 9780312135201
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Ricci produces nothing but MASTERPIECES

Unlike Lives of the Saints and Where She Has Gone, a longer period of Vittorio's life is portrayed in this book. He's 7 in the begginning and in his mid-twenties in the end. I can't think of another book that exposes the importance of family ties as much as this one. Everyone must read it! It's a masterpiece! There may be better trilogies than that of Ricci's, but I'm afraid I haven't read them.

Left me thinking about family ties.

More than with "The Book of Saints," this book has gotten me thinking about the ties of family and their importance. Perhaps because I found it to be a sadder book, I didn't enjoy reading it as much as "Saints," but feel it will stay with me longer.

Excellent coming of age novel.

Ricci continues to draw us into the life of young Vittorio Innocente through his colorful descriptions. The novel is not as riveting as The Lives of The Saints, but Ricci does paint an excellent picture of the italian immigrant mentality. An excellent novel, it touches on the importance of family as well as the pains and pleasures of adolescence and self-discovery.