by Marcello Fois · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806224905
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«Stirpe» is the historical and family novel by Marcello Fois, published by Einaudi in paperback, in Italian.
In 1889, Michele Angelo and Mercede recognize each other as blacksmith and woman and become engaged. The Chironi family grows in Nuoro while the town transforms throughout the 20th century. The novel follows several generations marked by prosperity and others' envy, until the death of the twins and World War I strike the family.
First installment of the saga «La storia della famiglia Chironi», finalist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and winner of the Premi Llibreter for fiction.
For readers of historical and family fiction, especially those interested in Italian literature and 20th-century 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
