by Marcello Fois · Hoja de Lata Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416537136
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«Estirpe» is the novel by Marcello Fois, published by Hoja de Lata Editorial in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the story of the Chironi family, a lineage of blacksmiths that thrives in Sardinia at the end of the 19th century, when modernity transforms the town of Nuoro. The descendants of Michele Angelo and Mercede multiply between the forge and the new times, but destiny seems determined to erase these simple people, in a chronicle that leads to the Europe of the Great War.
The Chironi trilogy was a finalist for the Campiello and Strega prizes, and this novel won the Llibreter Prize 2017. Translation by Francisco Álvarez.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary narrative with an interest in family sagas, European history and rural settings such as the Sardinia of the era.
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
