The story of Tönle
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Author
Contributions
- Shepley, John, 1925- - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Marlboro Press/Northwestern, Evanston, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
26,000 words, Guess
Page Count
104 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL350547M
- ISBN-10081016034X
- OCLC Control Number38249287
- OCLC Control Numberstoryoftonle00mari
- Library of Congress Control Number98009910
and 2 more
- Goodreads1408328
- LibraryThing2557703
Classifications
- DDC853/.914
- LCCPQ4878.I3 S713 1998
Description
Tonle Bintarn's story takes place in the mountains of the Veneto region, which once bordered the Austro-Hungarian Empire and where smuggling was a means of subsistence for the peasant population. Having run afoul of a patrol of revenue agents, Tonle must seek refuge beyond the frontier in Central Europe. But every winter he returns secretly to his home and family, until finally a pardon is granted. During the devastation of the First World War, the occupation and ultimate destruction of his village, and his own internment in an Austrian camp, it is Tonle's loyalty to his roots, and his stubborn devotion to his task as a shepherd, that persist and make him a quiet symbol of heroism and human endurance.
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