Based on Gay Talese's own family experiences, this book begins in the 19th century in the feudal village of Maida, original home of the Talese family. This is the world of Talese's great-grandfather - haunted by the mysticism of the Church, by faded aristocracy, by the aura of Roman triumph tempered by centuries of invasion and occupation. The book then follows the fortunes of Antario, a soldier in World War I, who settles in Paris in the 1920s, of Gaetono, who becomes a stonemason in America and of Joseph, who sets up as a ...
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Based on Gay Talese's own family experiences, this book begins in the 19th century in the feudal village of Maida, original home of the Talese family. This is the world of Talese's great-grandfather - haunted by the mysticism of the Church, by faded aristocracy, by the aura of Roman triumph tempered by centuries of invasion and occupation. The book then follows the fortunes of Antario, a soldier in World War I, who settles in Paris in the 1920s, of Gaetono, who becomes a stonemason in America and of Joseph, who sets up as a tailor in New Jersey and finds allegiance divided in World War II.
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Add this copy of Unto the Sons to cart. $48.02, very good condition, Sold by Alpha 2 Omega Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southampton, HANTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1992 by Hutchinson.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC plus. Hutchinson, 1992. First UK edition-first printing. Red hardback(Author's initials on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small creases and nicks on the Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Nice and clean pages with small ink marks on the outer edges, owner's inscription and small mark inside the first blank page of the book, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the last blank page of the book, the front cover is slightly bent. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.635pp. Price clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book(approx 1.3 Kg).
Add this copy of Unto the Sons to cart. $59.43, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Hutchinson.
Add this copy of Unto the Sons to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Waverley Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by KNOPF..
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0091771625. First Trade Edition. SIGNED by Gay Talese on the title page. Close to fine in a fine dj. (One corner tip lightly bumped) Chronicle of the Italian emigration to the U.S.
