San Ginese is a village where God lingers in people's minds and many dream of California, Argentina or Australia. Some leave only to return feeling disheartened, wishing they had never come back, some never leave and forever wish they had.
The Fireflies of Autumn takes us to the olive groves and piazzas of this little-known Tuscan village. There we meet Bucchione, who was haunted by the Angel of Sadness; Lo Zena, his neighbour, with whom he feuded for forty years; Tommaso the Killer, the Adulteress, the Dead Boy and many others. These are tales of war and migration, feasts and misfortunes - of a people and their place over the course of the twentieth century.
'I have never read a migrant tale so original, so breathtaking in scope, or so magical. I have not since stopped thinking about the characters in San Ginese.' Alice Pung
By:
Moreno Giovannoni Imprint: Black Inc Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 349g ISBN:9781863959940 ISBN 10: 1863959947 Pages: 256 Publication Date:02 July 2018 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Moreno Giovannoni was born in San Ginese but grew up in a house on a hill, on a tobacco farm at Buffalo River in north-east Victoria. He is a freelance translator of long standing.