by Gianni Riotta · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246652915
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«Alborada» is the novel by Gianni Riotta, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (327 pages, in French).
During World War II, the Italian soldier Nino Manes is detained in the United States when he receives a letter from his fiancée, announcing her engagement to another man. Determined to stop the wedding, Nino escapes and crosses the country to New York on a journey on foot, by bus, by train and by car. He is accompanied by an enigmatic officer who does not travel for love, but driven by a political duty and the secret of an attack. The crossing becomes for both a story of love, war, loneliness and redemption.
The French edition, translated from Italian, was originally published in 2004; the work is set during World War II.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and literary fiction set in wartime.
Gianni Riotta is an Italian journalist, a regular contributor for the daily newspaper La Stampa and a former editor-in-chief of the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Rai 3 and the news bulletin TG1. He has contributed to the Washington Post, Le Monde, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times. Riotta also has U.S. citizenship.
