Sometimes I Dream in Italian by Rita Ciresi - Hardcover Book

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Brand
Delacorte Press
Color
Blue
ISBN
0-385-33493-1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Era
2000s
Original Language
English
Type
Novel
Vintage
Yes
Book Title
Sometimes I Dream in Italian
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
8.2 in
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Rita Ciresi
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Family Life, General, Literary
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385334931
ISBN-13
9780385334938
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1681929

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sometimes I Dream in Italian
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Family Life, General, Literary
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Fiction
Author
Rita Ciresi
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-029451
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Praise for Rita Ciresi'sPink Slip "This is Jane Austen in New York at the end of the 20th century....Ciresi mixes the tragic and the comic aspects of love in hilarious fashion." --Tampa Tribune-Times "It's refreshing to find a female narrator with an authentically lusty voice--someone who swears, talks back to tiresome relatives and doesn't shy away from her own sexuality. It's even more refreshing to find a heroine who can make a mean eggplant Parmesan yet disdains the humble domestic goals her old-world mother has set for her. Rita Ciresi has created just such a heroine in Pink Slip." --The New York Times Book Review "Pink Slip mixes lust, corporate shenanigans and the dangers of writing tell-all books....Ciresi's humor has an edgy Nora Ephron quality; her heroine is flawed enough to be endearing." -- St. Petersburg Times "Wit and humor are the keys to this lively novel....You'll break a sweat." -- Mademoiselle "Ms. Ciresi's wonderful prose and generous heart work together pitch perfectly here to render what we all hope for: a good love story." -- Bret Lott
Dewey Decimal
FIC
Synopsis
In her acclaimed novelsBlue ItalianandPink Slip,Rita Ciresi dazzled both readers and critics with her graceful storytelling and wise, witty insight into the lives of women. Now Ciresi goes home: in a resonant, lovingly written story of two sisters, one family, and the memories of childhood that slip away--only to hold us forever. The plastic Pietà on top of the TV. The condiment dish shaped like a Venetian gondola. The crucifix studded with seashells... Years later, Angel and Lina Lupo would debate: What really was the most hideous thing in their parents' cramped and quintessentially Catholic house? And why couldn't they just forget about being Italian and have a "normal" American childhood? As the sisters argue, memories of their shared past come flooding back: a flirtation with the butcher's cousin, a mysterious photograph of a beautiful woman they once found in their father's drawer, a church-sponsored trip to the Statue of Liberty that detoured into the dark side of human sexuality. Angel and Lina long to flee their parents' heavy accents and dowdy clothes for the glamour of New York and Hollywood. But once they have grown from ragazze to donne--girls to women--they will look back on the time that they billed themselves as the stage sensation called Two Italian Hits! with wistfulness and sorrow. One sister is about to marry a man she met by answering a personal ad. The other is on the verge of divorce. Both have come to crossroads in their lives--as they grapple with a past that seems too present, and a future that seems too far away. Lyrical and bittersweet, rich with nostalgia, Sometimes I Dream in Italian is a story of family and love, of the bonds we are born with and those we struggle to create. A book for anyone who has ever longed both to escape and recapture the past, who can still remember a sister spinning in a new skirt, or the roughness of a kiss delivered by an unshaven father, Sometimes I Dream in Italian is a work of artistry by a writer at the peak of her storytelling powers.
LC Classification Number
PS3553.I7S66 2000

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