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The Fortunate Pilgrim
The Fortunate Pilgrim
paperback
Published:
17 September, 1992
paperback
Published:
17 September, 1992
Description
From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, the immigrant families struggle with an adopted life - none more so than the Angeluzzi-Corbos. At their head stands Lucia Santa, wife, widow and mother of two families. It is her formidable will that steers them through the Depression and the early years of the war. But she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which must surely follow...
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099417996 |
| ISBN10 | 0099417995 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 159 g |
| Product Dimensions | 110 x 24 x 176 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Arrow |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | New Ed |
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I began reading The Fortunate Pilgrim yesterday afternoon and didn't stop reading until I had finished it. -- Joseph Heller Puzo has written a chronicle of Italian immigrant life which is a small classic- The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language, its penetrating insights and its mixture of tenderness and rage. New York Times
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Author's Bio
Mario Puzo was born in New York. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Godfather and many other acclaimed novels. Puzo also wrote many screenplays, including those for the three Godfather movies, for which he won two academy awards. He died at his home in Long Island, New York, at the age of seventy-eight.