{"product_id":"a-house-in-sicily","title":"A House in Sicily","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781405973908\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy - an incredibly exciting rediscovered Italian classic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family. But very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their 'daughter' - a loud little dog - and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region's recently overthrown fascist regime...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, \u003ci\u003eA House in Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in decades.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837320700037,"sku":"PR430315","price":31.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6LJ9N8AS98.jpg?v=1788131328","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/a-house-in-sicily","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}