The Lost Father
Marina Warner
The story of a family, bringing to life the forgotten heart of Italy, the Mezzogiorno, weakened by emigration, silenced by fascism. This is the imaginary memoir of an Italian family, from 1909 to the 1930s, with a framework in the present day. The narrator is drawn into the passion and prejudice of her own invention, and we see how memory, like folk memory distorts and mythologizes.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Year
- 1988
- ISBN-13
- 9780701132200
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Family history and memoryItalian emigration and fascismMythologizing the past
Awards
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1988)
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