The Guglielmo D’Izzia Interview
Guglielmo D’Izzia is the author of The Transaction, his first novel which is on the …
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The Transaction by Guglielmo D’Izzia
Mr. De Angelis, an inscrutable northerner, is travelling to a small town perched somewhere in Sicily’s hinterland to negotiate a real estate transaction, only to find himself embroiled in a criminal conspiracy.
La Brigantessa by Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli’s ambitious debut novel, La Brigantessa has already garnered awards and nominations, such …
Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy and China by Jan Wong
[dropcap]Jan [/dropcap]Wong is the author of five non-fiction bestsellers, including Out of the Blue and …
Behind the Eyes We Meet by Mélissa Verreault
[dropcap]Mélissa [/dropcap]Verreault has a master’s degree in translation from Université Laval in Quebec City and …
Between Rothko and 3 Windows by Corrado Paina
[dropcap]Corrado[/dropcap] Paina has published five collections of poetry with Mansfield Press (Toronto) including Hoarse Legend (2000) and cinematic …
The Women of Saturn by Connie Guzzo-McParland
This ambitious debut novel (420 pages) by Ms Guzzo-McParland is an epic story of an Italian family emigrating to Canada, some (like Caterina the narrator) to join their family, others (like her older friend Lucia) to meet husbands for the first time. They make the voyage by the sea in the late 1950’s onboard the Saturnalia, from which the story takes its title. Caterina, her mother Teresa along with Lucia the teenage proxy bride are “the women” of the Saturnalia.
A Beckoning War by Matthew Murphy
According to statistics released by the American Veteran’s Administration, U.S. WWII veterans are dying at …