by Melania G. Mazzucco · FLAMMARION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080685902
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«Vita» is the historical and romantic novel by Melania G. Mazzucco, published by Flammarion in paperback (448 pages, in French).
Vita, aged nine, and Diamante, aged twelve, emigrate from a village in the Mezzogiorno to New York in 1903. They grow up in the Italian quarter of New York amid precarious jobs, an authoritarian family, and the violence of organized crime, while their bond turns into a secret love. An immigration story inspired by the author's grandparents.
The 2004 French edition includes the translation by Philippe Giraudon; «Vita» won the Strega Prize in 2003 and the San Clemente Prize in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction and romances set in Italian emigration to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century.
Melania Gaia Mazzucco is an Italian author. She is a recipient of the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize.
