Einundzwanzig Tote, alle im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallen. Das ist die traurige Bilanz der Familie Palmisano, die seitdem als verflucht gilt. Als die Witwe Donata Palmisano kurz nach Kriegsende einen Sohn zur Welt bringt, fasst sie einen folgenschweren Entschluss: Sie gibt Vitantonio als Sohn ihrer Cousine aus, um ihn vor dem Fluch zu schützen. Erst als der Zweite Weltkrieg ausbricht und…
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Author : Rafel Nadal
Genre : Fiction
Summary : Einundzwanzig Tote, alle im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallen. Das ist die traurige Bilanz der Familie Palmisano, die seitdem als verflucht gilt. Als die Witwe Donata Palmisano kurz nach Kriegsende einen Sohn zur Welt bringt, fasst sie einen folgenschweren Entschluss: Sie gibt Vitantonio als Sohn ihrer Cousine aus, um ihn vor dem Fluch zu schützen. Erst als der Zweite Weltkrieg ausbricht und Vitantonio an die Front soll, bricht Donata ihr Schweigen. Doch Vitantonio ist fest entschlossen, sein Schicksal herauszufordern ...
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Author : Rafel Nadal
Genre : Fiction
Summary : "Die Welt ist eingeteilt in wir und sie. Wir sind mehr, aber wir verlieren immer." Diese Lektion lernt Lluc schon früh. Am letzten Tag des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs muss der Achtjährige mitansehen, wie seine Mutter erschossen wird. Bei der fürsorglichen Senyora Stendhal findet er ein neues Zuhause - und verliert es schon bald wieder. Lluc sinnt auf Rache. Er träumt davon, in die Berge zu ziehen und sich dem Widerstand gegen Franco anzuschließen. Denn er will nicht sein Leben lang auf der Seite der Verlierer stehen ...
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Author : Rafel Nadal Farreras
Genre : Fiction
Summary : A huge international bestseller, this heartbreaking tale of a tiny Italian village during two World Wars will stay with you forever. Among the olive groves and vineyards of southern Italy, a boy and a girl are born, moments apart. Far away in the trenches of World War I, their fathers have just died. Now all the men in Vitantonio’s family have been wiped out – all twenty-one. All except him. Growing up together, war seems far away for the two children. But Vitantonio’s mother will do anything to protect her son from the curse of death that seems to hang over the family – and so she tells a lie. It is a lie that will bind Vitantonio and Giovanna, the girl who shares his birthday, together over the years. But as the clouds of another war begin to gather on the horizon, it may ultimately drive them apart...
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Author : Navid Kermani
Genre : Social Science
Summary : Between Germany and Russia is a region strewn with monuments to the horrors of war, genocide and disaster – the bloodlands where the murderous regimes of Hitler and Stalin unleashed the violence that scarred the twentieth century and shaped so much of the world we know today. In September 2016 the German-Iranian writer Navid Kermani set out to discover this land and to travel along the trenches that are now re-emerging in Europe, from his home in Cologne through eastern Germany to the Baltics, and from there south to the Caucasus and to Isfahan in Iran, the home of his parents. This beautifully written travel diary, enlivened by conversations with the people Kermani meets along the way, brings to life the tragic history of these troubled lands and shows how this history leaves its traces in the present. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with current affairs and with the events that have shaped, and continue to shape, the world in which we live today.
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Author : Henno Martin
Genre : History
Summary : This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Author : Luca Di Fulvio
Genre : Fiction
Summary : New York, 1909: Fifteen-year-old Cetta arrives on a freighter with nothing but her infant son Natale: strikingly blond, dark-eyed, and precocious. They've fled the furthest reaches of southern Italy with the dream of a better life in America. But even in the "Land of the Free," the merciless laws of gangs rule the miserable, poverty-stricken, and crime-filled Lower East Side. Only those with enough strength and conviction survive. As young Natale grows up in the Roaring Twenties, he takes a page from his crippled mother's book and finds he possesses a certain charisma that enables him to charm the dangerous people around him ... Weaving Natale's unusual life and quest for his one true love against the gritty backdrop of New York's underbelly, Di Fulvio proves yet again that he is a master storyteller as he constructs enticing characters ravaged by circumstance, driven by dreams, and awakened by destiny. Haunting and luminous, this masterfully written blend of romance, crime, and historical fiction will thrill lovers of turn-of-the-century dramas like "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Gangs of New York." About the Author: Luca Di Fulvio as born in 1957 in Rome where he now works as an independent author. His versatile talent allows him to write riveting adult thrillers and cheerful children's stories (published under a pseudonym) with equal ease. One of his previous thrillers, "L'Impagliatore," was filmed in Italian under the title "Occhi di cristallo." Di Fulvio studied dramaturgy in Rome where he was mentored by Andrea Camilleri.
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Author : Andrea Camilleri
Genre : Fiction
Summary : The Patience of the Spider is the eighth novel in Andrea Camilleri's wryly humorous Inspector Montalbano series. Chief Inspector Montalbano is on enforced sick leave. But when a local girl goes mysteriously missing, the whole community takes an interest in the case. Why are the kidnappers so sure that the girl's impoverished father and dying mother will be able to find a fortune? The ever-inquisitive Montalbano steps in, to get to the heart of the matter in his own inimitable style. The Patience of the Spider is followed by the ninth novel in the series, Paper Moon.