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Romano, Tony

 
9780996755870: Where My Body Ends and the World Begins
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 099675587X ISBN 13 : 9780996755870
Editeur : Allium Press of Chicago, 2017

Synopsis

On December 1, 1958, a devastating blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of ninety-two children, shattering a close-knit Italian neighborhood. In this eloquent novel, set nearly a decade later, twenty-year-old Anthony Lazzeri struggles with survivor’s guilt, which is manifested through conflicted feelings about his own body. Complicating his life is a retired detective’s dogged belief that Anthony was involved in the setting of the fire. Tony Romano’s delicate handling of Anthony’s journey is deeply moving, exploring the complex psychological toll such an event has on those involved, including families…and an entire community. This multi-faceted tale follows Anthony’s struggles to come to terms with how the events of that day continue to affect him and those around him. Aided by a sometime girlfriend, a former teacher, and later his parents—after long buried family secrets are brought into the open—he attempts to piece together a life for himself as an adult.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tony Romano was born in San Salvatore Telesino, Italy, and moved to Chicago when he was eleven months old. His collection of short stories If You Eat, You Never Die (Harper, 2008), and his novel When the World was Young (Harper, 2007), were both finalists in the Society of Midland Authors awards in the Adult Fiction category. He is a two-time winner of a PEN Syndicated Fiction Project award. Both stories were produced for National Public Radio and syndicated to newspapers nationwide. His fiction has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Sou’wester, Whetstone, and Italian Americana. In 2010, the Illinois Association of Teachers of English named him their Author of the Year. In 2011, he was a finalist for the Norman Mailer Writing Award for High School Teachers. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and three daughters.

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Éditeur
Allium Press of Chicago
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
099675587X
ISBN 13 
9780996755870
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
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Personne responsable
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