by Pete Hamill · Salani · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788877826855
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«Neve in agosto» is the historical novel by Pete Hamill, published by Salani in paperback (304 pages, in Italian).
In 1946 Brooklyn, Michael Devlin, an eleven-year-old Irish boy, befriends a rabbi from Prague who survived the Holocaust. The rabbi tells him the legends of his magical city; Michael teaches him English, baseball and life in the United States. A story of tolerance and friendship beyond cultural barriers.
Originally published in English as «Snow in August» in 1997; this Italian edition is translated by Massimo Birattari and Marina Astrologo.
For readers with a command of Italian seeking a story of intergenerational friendship and cultural coexistence in postwar Brooklyn.
William Peter Hamill was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime." Hamill was a columnist and editor for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
