**_When it comes to love, thereβs never a dull moment in the Worthingtonsβ extended family circle . . ._** **__ ** Gerald, Earl Elliott, has finally decided to marry. Unfortunately, he seems only to fall for a lady once she is engaged to another. When his close friend, the Duke of Rothwell, asks
I'll Steal You Away
β Scribed by NiccolΓ² Ammaniti
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic;Canongate U.S
- Year
- 2006;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The bestselling author of I'm Not Scared "beautifully evokes the lopsided streets of an Italian backwater . . . the shadow life of childhood" (The New Yorker).
Italian literary superstar NiccolΓ² Ammaniti's novel, I'm Not Scared, prompted gushing praise, hit international bestseller lists, and was made into a smash indie film. In I'll Steal You Away, Ammaniti takes his unparalleled empathy for children, his scythe-sharp observations, and his knack for building tension to a whole new level. In a tiny Italian village, a young boy named Pietro is growing up tormented by bullies and ignored by his parents. When an aging playboy, Graziano Biglia, returns to town, a change is in the air: Pietro decides to take on the bullies, his lonely teacher Flora finds romance with the town's prodigal son, and the inept janitor at the school proclaims his love for his favorite prostitute. But the village isn't ready for such change, and when...
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