by Marcello Fois · Hoja de Lata Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416537242
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«El tiempo de en medio» is the novel by Marcello Fois, published by Hoja de Lata Editorial in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
In 1943, Vincenzo Chironi, orphaned by the war, travels to Sardinia to learn about his past. In Nuoro, his aunt Marianna and his grandfather Michele Angelo welcome him as a gift from heaven, and the family home fills with life again. After the war, love with Cecilia Devoto seems to restore the family's future, but fate has trials in store for them.
Second installment of the Chironi Trilogy, translated by Francisco Álvarez; collection Sensibles a las Letras no. 37. Finalist for the Strega Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction and family sagas set in Sardinia.
Marcello Fois is an Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel Ferro Recente was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts for radio, TV, film and theatre. He has won numerous prizes, including:1992 – Premio Italo Calvino for Picta 1997 – Premio Dessì for Nulla 1998 – Premio Scerbanenco for Sempre caro 2002 – Premio Fedeli for Dura madre 2007 – Premio Lama e trama 2007 – Premio Super Grinzane Cavour for Memoria del vuoto 2007 – Premio Volponi for Memoria del vuoto 2007 – Premio Alassio Centolibri - Un Autore per l'Europa for Memoria del vuoto
