The fragmented recollections of a handful of survivors of the earthquake that struck the northern Friuli in 1976. Their tiny village high in the Julian Alps, beneath the immense karstic mass of Monte Canin, the fields, woods and torrents, the earthquake itself, and details of their lives – and of the tough, vulnerable tiny plants that grow in the limestone crevices – are exquisitely portrayed.
Rombo
£12.99
Edition:Paperback978180427003505/10/2022
Categories: 05. Books for Christmas 2022: Fiction, Books for Christmas 2022, Fiction
Tags: Fiction in Translation, Italy, Mountains
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