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Eva Sleeps by Francesca Melandri (2016, Trade Paperback)
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He is a retired police officer who was stationed in the north during the late sixties, a period rife with tension, protest, and violence surrounding disputed land near the border with Austria. What scars did those years leave on Vito, and on Gerda?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEuropa Editions, Incorporated
ISBN-101609453123
ISBN-139781609453121
eBay Product ID (ePID)211405968
Product Key Features
Book TitleEva Sleeps
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicSagas, General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorFrancesca Melandri
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-296509
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"There are few Italian novels that so successfully and surprisingly combine broad themes like local and national history, or the relationship between the north and the south, together with the personal dramas linked to family, love, ambition. This is an epic novel!" - Solo Libri "A powerful lyrical fresco in which personal and public histories are intertwined." - Paola Contardi, jury of Elle's Best Novel Prize "This is a rich, intimate, and powerful story that is carried along by characters who are depicted in all their profundity and humanity." - Arianna Rita Di Tomasso, jury of Elle's Best Novel Prize , ""This is a book that realizes the full implications of what it means to love." -- World Literature Today "There are few Italian novels that so successfully and surprisingly combine broad themes like local and national history, or the relationship between the north and the south, together with the personal dramas linked to family, love, ambition. This is an epic novel!" --Solo Libri "A powerful lyrical fresco in which personal and public histories are intertwined." -- Paola Contardi, jury of Elle's Best Novel Prize "This is a rich, intimate, and powerful story that is carried along by characters who are depicted in all their profundity and humanity." -- Arianna Rita Di Tomasso, jury of Elle's Best Novel Prize "Gerda's story is a fascinating look at the political and cultural transformations within Alto Adige...Melandri captures the tension, loss, and patriotism of this region splendidly. " -- Historical Novel Society
Dewey Decimal853/.92
SynopsisA bestselling novel in Italy and Elle magazine's book of the year, Eva Sleeps is a sweeping modern story about family, forgiveness, and conflict. At its heart is the story of a woman searching for the truth about her origins. This literary page-turner will delight fans of Elena Ferrante. Out of the struggles and conflicts in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria and the rich history that has resulted from this meeting of cultures, comes a family story that embodies the history of nations. Eva, a forty-year-old public relations professional living in Northern Italy, receives an unexpected message from Southern Italy. Vito, a man she briefly knew as a child as a friend of her mother's, is very ill and would like to see her one last time. He is a retired police officer who was stationed in the north during the late-sixties, a period rife with tension, protest, and violence. These troubles, however, did not stop a young hapless policeman from falling in love with the "wrong" woman, a girl named Gerda from Austrian Tyrol, an inventive and accomplished cook, a single mother with a rich family history of her own, a northerner, the sister of a terrorist, and Gerda's mother. Vito's affair with Gerda was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so passionately why did he return to Calabria? What scars did those years leave on Vito, and on Gerda? It's time for Eva to find out., 40-year-old Eva receives an unexpected message from Calabria, Italy. Vito is ill and would like to see her one more time. A retired police officer, he was stationed in South Tyrol during the 1960s, troubled years of tension and violence. Troubles that did not stop a young officer from falling in love with the wrong woman, the beautiful Gerda Huber, single mother and sister of a terrorist. Their affair was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so profoundly, why did he return to Calabria? It's time for Eva to find out., " Eva Sleeps is a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict, and the search for truth. A literary page-turner that will delight fans of Elena Ferrante. A bestselling novel in Italy, soon to be a motion picture directed by Edoardo Winspeare, and Elle's magazine's book of the year. Eva Sleeps is a sweeping story about family, forgiveness, conflict, and the search for truth. A literary page-turner that will delight fans of Elena Ferrante. Out of the struggles and conflicts in the border regions of Northern Italy and Austria comes a family story that embodies the history of nations. Eva, a forty-year-old public relations professional based in northern Italy, receives an unexpected message from the deep south. Vito, a man she knew as a child as a friend of her mother's, is very ill and would like to see her one last time. He is a retired police officer who was stationed in the north during the late 1960s, a period rife with tension, protest and violence. These troubles, however, did not stop the young hapless policeman from falling in love with the ""wrong"" woman... The beautiful Gerda, accomplished cook, sister of a terrorist, and Eva's mother. Their affair was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so passionately why did he leave her to return to Calabria? What scars did those years leave on Vito, and on Gerda? It's time for Eva to find out.", Named Book of the Year by Elle magazine , this "Italian love story [is] destined to become a classic" ( The Gazette ). Eva, a forty-year-old public relations professional living in Northern Italy, receives an unexpected message from Southern Italy. Vito, a man she briefly knew as a child as a friend of her mother's, is very ill and would like to see her one last time. He is a retired police officer who was stationed in the north during the late sixties, a period rife with tension, protest, and violence surrounding disputed land near the border with Austria. These troubles, however, did not stop a hapless young policeman from falling in love with the "wrong" woman, a girl named Gerda from Austrian Tyrol, an inventive and accomplished cook, a northerner, the sister of a terrorist--and Eva's mother. Vito's affair with Gerda was a passionate one, but what was the nature of their love? And if he loved her so passionately, why did he return to Calabria? What scars did those years leave on Vito, and on Gerda? It's time for Eva to find out, in this sweeping literary page-turner about family, forgiveness, and conflict, a bestseller in Italy now translated in English.
LC Classification NumberPQ4913.E45
