by Milena Agus · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498412178
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«Las alas de mi padre» is the contemporary novel by Milena Agus, published by Siruela in paperback (140 pages, in Spanish).
A teenage neighbor narrates the story of Madame, a poor owner of a coastal plot coveted by speculators, who refuses to sell it and holds back the neighborhood's business; her generosity makes her beloved. The sensitivity of the boy Pietrino, a young jazz enthusiast, a father like a whisper of wings, and the magic Madame dispenses are interwoven.
It belongs to the Nuevos Tiempos collection (no. 132) from Siruela; first edition in 2008, translated by Celia Filipetto.
For readers of contemporary fiction and followers of Milena Agus's narrative, author also of Mal de piedras.
Milena Agus is an Italian author from Sardinia. She is one of the leading novelists in the so-called Sardinian Literary Spring which began in the 1980s and which includes other international names such as Michela Murgia.
