Moncalvos
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Publication
2017 - Wings Press
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781609405328
- ISBN-101609405323
- Library of Congress Control Number2016036913
- OCLC Control Number960842405
- Better World Books9781609405328
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL29749144M
Classifications
- LCCPQ4687.C3M613 2017
- LCCPQ4687.C3 M613 2017
Description
"Castelnuovo's most well known novel was The Moncalvos, here translated into English for the first time. It provides a rare portrayal of Jewish middle class life in Italy at the time. Giacomo and Gabriel Moncalvo are the main protagonists of the novel. Two brothers, living in Rome at the end of the nineteenth century, in the midst of Italy's economic and urban development after its political unification, both aspiring to climb the social ladder of the newly formed Italian nation. But while Giacomo, a university professor, remains anchored to the traditions of his Jewish up-bringing, Gabrio, a wealthy businessman, seeks assimilation and encourages his daughter to marry the sickly offspring of an old aristocratic Roman Catholic family--a marriage which will grant the family access to the most exclusive echelon of Roman society but will also entail the conversion of the daughter, Mariannina, and eventually of both her parents"--
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