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Lost Words by Nicola-Gardini
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 2016-02-05
- Title
- Lost Words
- Artist
- Not Specified
- Type
- Not Specified
- Publication Name
- Not Specified
- ISBN
- 9780811224765
- Book Title
- Lost Words
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Coming of Age
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0811224767
ISBN-13
9780811224765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209707925
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost Words
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-038045
Reviews
Combining elements of comedy and tragedy, Gardini's novel is a call on today's Italy to know its own language, to speak with substance, and to reconsider the relationship between words and meaning--a relationship broken by mass culture. As Leopardi declares, there is in words an exhortation to probe the depths of truth--a calling to believe that culture and education can still save us., Combining elements of comedy and tragedy, Gardini's novel is a call on today's Italy to know its own language, to speak with substance, and to reconsider the relationship between words and meaning--a relationship broken by mass culture. As Leopardi declares, there is in words an exhortation to probe the depths of truth--a calling to believe that culture and education can still save us.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
853/.914
Synopsis
Winner of the Viareggio Prize, a vivid portrait of Italy on the brink of social upheaval in the 1970s., Inside an apartment building on the outskirts of Milan, the working-class residents gossip, quarrel, and conspire against each other. Viewed through the eyes of Chino, an impressionable thirteen-year-old boy whose mother is the doorwoman of the building, the world contained within these walls is tiny, hypocritical, and mean-spirited: a constant struggle. Chino finds escape in reading.One day, a new resident, Amelia Lynd, moves in and quickly becomes an unlikely companion and a formative influence on Chino. Ms. Lynd--an elderly, erudite British woman--comes to nurture his taste in literature, introduces him to the life of the mind, and offers a counterpoint to the only version of reality that he's known. On one level, Lost Words is an engrossing coming-of-age tale set in the seventies, when Italy was going through tumultuous social changes, and on another, it is a powerful meditation on language, literature, and culture.
LC Classification Number
PQ4867.A7225P37113
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