Bibliograph

Lives of the saints, Lives of the Saints Series, Book 1., Nino Ricci

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Lives of the saints, Lives of the Saints Series, Book 1., Nino Ricci

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lives of the saints

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Nino Ricci

Series statement

Lives of the Saints

Sub title

Lives of the Saints Series, Book 1.

Summary

When young Vittorio Innocente's mother, Cristina, is bitten by a snake in the family stable, no one sees the blue-eyed stranger leaving except for Vittorio. He struggles to keep his mother's secret but secrets in a small village are hard to keep, and while Cristina's belly gradually grows under her loose dresses, they find themselves shunned by their superstitious neighbours. A classic of Canadian literature, Lives of the Saints has earned many distinctions since it was originally published in 1990. It was a national bestseller for seventy-five weeks, received the Governor Generals Literary Award for Fiction, the W.H. Smith / Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the F.G. Bressani Prize. In England it won the Betty Trask Award and Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, in the U.S. was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and in France was an Oeil de la letter Selection of the National Libraries Association. It was also adapted into a miniseries starring Sophia Loren

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