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The Book of Saints
The Book of Saints
Author: Nino Ricci
This first novel of Italian-Canadian writer Ricci is the story of a seven-year-old Italian peasant boy, aptly named Vittorio Innocenti, and his loss of innocence as he tries to piece together the shadowy clues to his mother's mysterious affair and his family's loss of favor in the tiny Apennine village of Valle de Sol. The characters--the boy, h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312134419
ISBN-10: 031213441X
Publication Date: 8/15/1995
Pages: 240
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Young Vittorio Innocente is the pampered son of Cristina, a woman whose husband has left for Italy for work in North America. Beneath her placid surface Cristina yearns to escape the restictive village and one day Vittorio is startled to find her in the families stable, her ankle swelling from a snakebite. But what really happened to Cristina that day becomes the center of this tale- a story of passion and superstition beneath pastoral calm, a mothers secret life...


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