Laurent Gaude: 2 books
by Laurent Gaude
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Winner of Frances most prestigious literary award, Laurent Gaudés 'The House of Scorta' spans five generations in a small village in southern Italy. Beginning in 1870 with Rocco Scorta Mascalzone, a notorious brigand who leaves his children penniless, the saga of the Scortas is one of infamous crimes,...
by Laurent Gaude
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A moving fable about luck, persistence, and hope, grounded in the often tragic reality of modern-day immigration, by the winner of the 2004 Prix Goncort. Captain Salvatore Piracci has sailed along the Italian coast for the last twenty years, intercepting boats with clandestine African immigrants who...