{"product_id":"the-postman-of-abruzzo-hardcover","title":"The Postman of Abruzzo - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVénus Khoury-Ghata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTeresa Lavender Fagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical novel concerning belonging, foreignness, and ethnicity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following the path of her late geneticist husband, Laure arrives in the town of Malaterra in the harsh mountains of Abruzzo in Italy, where her husband was studying the close-knit Albanian inhabitants. At first an intruder, she is gradually accepted by the population, which is made up of amusing, eccentric characters. Among them: Helena, who hanged her dishonored daughter from the fig tree in her garden, and who has been waiting for thirty years with her gun for her daughter's rapist to return; the Kosovar, a distrusted bookseller languishing in his dusty shop; Mourad, the baker, who proposes marriage to Laure and every other woman who enters his bakery; and Yussuf, the postman, who makes his rounds even if there is no mail to deliver. We also meet the unfortunate assailant who returns from his exile to reclaim and restore his family home. With humor and compassion, this book brings to life the inhabitants of a small, remote town in the mountains of Abruzzo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVénus Khoury-Ghata \u003c\/b\u003eis a Lebanese poet and novelist. She is the author of many collections of poems and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Mandelstam\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarina Tsvetaeva: To Die in Yelabuga\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been widely translated, and she was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 2000. \u003cb\u003eTeresa Lavender Fagan\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of many books, including J. M. G. Le Clézio's \u003ci\u003eThe Mexican Dream, Mydriasis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTo the Icebergs.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772354363680,"sku":"9781803091525","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0f6a6eeaac2e48c2230a4b033c572f3.webp?v=1780403848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-postman-of-abruzzo-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}