Paperbark Shoe - Couverture souple

Goldbloom, Goldie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312674503 ISBN 13 : 9780312674502

Editeur : Picador Paper, 2011

Synopsis

Winner of the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel

From 1941 to 1947, eighteen thousand Italian prisoners of war were sent to Australia. The Italian surrender that followed the downfall of Mussolini had created a novel circumstance: prisoners who theoretically were no longer enemies. Many of these exiles were sent to work on isolated farms, unguarded.

The Paperbark Shoe is the unforgettable story of Gin Boyle--an albino, a classically trained pianist, and a woman with a painful past. Disavowed by her wealthy stepfather, her unlikely savior is the farmer Mr. Toad--a little man with a taste for women's corsets. Together with their two children, they weather the hardship of rural life and the mockery of their neighbors. But with the arrival of two Italian prisoners of war, their lives are turned upside down. Thousands of miles from home, Antonio and John find themselves on Mr. and Mrs. Toad's farm, exiles in the company of exiles. The Paperbark Shoe is a remarkable novel about the far-reaching repercussions of war, the subtle violence of displacement, and what it means to live as a captive--in enemy country, and in one's own skin.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Goldie Goldbloom's first novel, The Paperbark Shoe, won the AWP Prize, was named the Literary Novel of the Year by Foreward Magazine and is an NEA Big Reads selection. She was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and has been the recipient of multiple grants and awards, including fellowships from Warren Wilson, Northwestern University, the Brown Foundation, the City of Chicago and the Elizabeth George Foundation. She is chassidic and the mother of eight children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador Paper
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312674503
• ISBN 13: 9780312674502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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