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Historical fiction set in two time periods -- 1943-1944 war-torn Italy and 1955 Italy -- a story about a country and a people in a war without winners. I wanted someone to root for -- but Italy, which at first sided with the Nazis, and then at the end of the war, after the invasion of Sicily by the Americans and British, switched alliances, didn't have the grand heroes -- at least not in Chris Bohjalian's fast-paced new novel.
I did love the Dante quote at the end of the story -- it's given by t ...more
I did love the Dante quote at the end of the story -- it's given by t ...more
Jun 20, 2013
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Book Review & Giveaway: When we reviewed The Sandcastle Girls last year, I was really impressed with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian’s writing style and the way he brought history to life. So when I saw The Light in the Ruins, I knew I wanted to read it. This genre-bending novel was inspired partially by West Side Story and partially by a trip the author took to Tuscany, so it’s got romance, mystery, revenge, and a lot of lifelike history all combined into another uniquely Bohjalian novel. An
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