Infinite Summer [electronic resource] : A Novel
Edoardo Nesi2017
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A novel set in Tuscany during the magical years when thousands of businesses
blossomed, manufacturing objects for everyday life as well-made and beautiful as
the Renaissance art that inspired them
Infinite Summer brings the reader back to Italy in the 1970s, a time when growth
and full employment propelled smart and industrious young men to create
companies devoted to design, architecture, automobiles, and more. Three men
share a dream of building a textile factory from scratch. Ivo Barrocciai, the
enthusiastic son of a textile artisan, embarks on an elaborate project: to build
a luxurious factory that will be "the envy of the Milanese." He recruits Cesare
Vezzosi, a small building contractor, and Pasquale Citarella, a hardworking
foreman from the south. Their relationships with each other and with their
wives, their secret passions, their ambitions, and the compromises they have to
make create a comical, moving fresco. It is at once a family saga and a love
story-not o...
Main title:
Infinite Summer [electronic resource] : A Novel / Edoardo Nesi
Author:
Edoardo Nesi, Author
Imprint:
United States : Other Press, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400.0 pages, 3312.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781590518236
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435217
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |