The Guglielmo D’Izzia Interview
Guglielmo D’Izzia is the author of The Transaction, his first novel which is on the …
Guglielmo D’Izzia is the author of The Transaction, his first novel which is on the …
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.
Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli’s ambitious debut novel, La Brigantessa has already garnered awards and nominations, such …
[dropcap]Jan [/dropcap]Wong is the author of five non-fiction bestsellers, including Out of the Blue and …
[dropcap]Mélissa [/dropcap]Verreault has a master’s degree in translation from Université Laval in Quebec City and …
[dropcap]Corrado[/dropcap] Paina has published five collections of poetry with Mansfield Press (Toronto) including Hoarse Legend (2000) and cinematic …
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.
According to statistics released by the American Veteran’s Administration, U.S. WWII veterans are dying at …