How I Lost The War

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book How I Lost The War by Filippo Bologna, Steerforth Press
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Author: Filippo Bologna ISBN: 9781908968951
Publisher: Steerforth Press Publication: January 29, 2013
Imprint: Pushkin Press Language: English
Author: Filippo Bologna
ISBN: 9781908968951
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication: January 29, 2013
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Language: English

Time runs slowly in a sleepy Tuscan village once renowned for its thermal baths ... until the arrival of Ottone Gattai, a ruthless businessman who has come to this idyllic countryside to revive the legendary baths as an ultra-modern tourist resort. appalled by the transformation of his beloved birthplace, federico, scion of the landowning Cremona family, decides to take action. When peaceful protest proves ineffective, he and his girlfriend Lea launch a guerilla war against the forces of globalisation. This richly satirical first novel by a brilliant young Italian writer is the story of this strange war.

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Time runs slowly in a sleepy Tuscan village once renowned for its thermal baths ... until the arrival of Ottone Gattai, a ruthless businessman who has come to this idyllic countryside to revive the legendary baths as an ultra-modern tourist resort. appalled by the transformation of his beloved birthplace, federico, scion of the landowning Cremona family, decides to take action. When peaceful protest proves ineffective, he and his girlfriend Lea launch a guerilla war against the forces of globalisation. This richly satirical first novel by a brilliant young Italian writer is the story of this strange war.

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