ARGONAUT BOOKS

Enjoyable and gripping. Even in translation - and this is a fluid example of the craft - its poetry and its nuance, its passion and philosophical depth, its grasp of moral ambiguity, its clever interweaving of history and fiction, and its superlative characterisation rise quickly to the surface. A song of love to a city of contradictionsGuardianThe smash-hit historical epic. TimelessDaily MailA sprawling fresco and star-crossed love storyNew York TimesAn inventive epicElleAll the savagery and beauty of Italian life between the wars is found in this utterly compelling tale of art, love, sacrifi...Read More