Description:A story of love, dreams, exile and tragedy, told with heartbreaking beauty'Although if they are asked before they die, they all say they came here for a better life, they do not always find a better life, do they?'In the Victorian town of Mitrefò, tobacco is grown, an Italian cinema and café open, and people travel back and forth from Italy. A boy fishes, wanders the countryside and watches a community form, with its joys, scandals and shared understandings. Interspersed are the 'grotesques' – indelible and terrible events that sit alongside the better future they all seek.In The Immigrants, Moreno Giovannoni depicts a family as they build a new life in a strange land. Through love and exile, industry and tragedy, their unspoken dreams and fears unfold in this astonishing and moving book.Praise for The Fireflies of Autumn:'I can't remember ever reading anything quite like it. It thrilled me, and made me laugh, and moved me very deeply.' —Helen Garner'There is immense beauty in this book, and there is great sadness and there is genuine tenderness. I can't recall when I was last thrilled by a book as I am by this one.' —Christos Tsiolkas'I have never read a migrant tale so original, so breathtaking in scope, or so magical.' —Alice PungWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story. To get started finding The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
304
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Black Inc.
Release
2025
ISBN
1760645265
The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story
Description: A story of love, dreams, exile and tragedy, told with heartbreaking beauty'Although if they are asked before they die, they all say they came here for a better life, they do not always find a better life, do they?'In the Victorian town of Mitrefò, tobacco is grown, an Italian cinema and café open, and people travel back and forth from Italy. A boy fishes, wanders the countryside and watches a community form, with its joys, scandals and shared understandings. Interspersed are the 'grotesques' – indelible and terrible events that sit alongside the better future they all seek.In The Immigrants, Moreno Giovannoni depicts a family as they build a new life in a strange land. Through love and exile, industry and tragedy, their unspoken dreams and fears unfold in this astonishing and moving book.Praise for The Fireflies of Autumn:'I can't remember ever reading anything quite like it. It thrilled me, and made me laugh, and moved me very deeply.' —Helen Garner'There is immense beauty in this book, and there is great sadness and there is genuine tenderness. I can't recall when I was last thrilled by a book as I am by this one.' —Christos Tsiolkas'I have never read a migrant tale so original, so breathtaking in scope, or so magical.' —Alice PungWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story. To get started finding The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.