by Simonetta Agnello Hornby · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483830604
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«Boca sellada» is the literary novel by Simonetta Agnello Hornby, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
In Torrenuova, Tito runs the family pasta factory while his aunt Rachele keeps an old secret shared with her brother Gaspare. The arrival of Irina and Dante, son of an old friend, disrupts his life and leads him to delve into the past to discover who his mother was. A story of love and lies between tradition and modernity.
Original title: «Boccamurata». It corresponds to number 656 of the Andanzas collection by Tusquets. It won the Fenice-Europa Prize in 2007.
Aimed at an adult audience, it will appeal to fans of literary fiction and family stories set in Sicily.
Simonetta Agnello Hornby is an Italian novelist and food writer. Her novels are international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages.
