Books by Simonetta Agnello Hornby and Complete Book Reviews

Simonetta Agnello Hornby, trans. from the Italian by Antony Shugaar. Europa (Consortium, dist.), $15 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-60945-062-5
Agata Padellani, the rebellious daughter of a poor Neapolitan officer from an aristocratic family and his Sicilian wife, is forced to become a nun at age 16, her defiant spirit as resilient as the burgeoning Italian unification movement. Hornby (The
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Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Author, Alastair McEwen, Translator , trans. from the Italian by Alastair McEwen. Farrar, Straus & Giroux $23 (315p) ISBN 978-0-374-18234-2
It is 1963, and in the Sicilian town of Roccacolomba, the servant of a prominent family has just died. She is nicknamed Mennulara—Italian for "almond picker"—and her elusive past fuels this debut novel, a bestseller in Italy....
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