{"product_id":"9781405973908","title":"A House in Sicily","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Luisa Adorno\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 May 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e215 x 137 x 20mm | 236g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – and one of the most exciting rediscovered classics in years. During WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family. But very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region’s recently overthrown fascist regime…Translated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, A House in Sicily is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luisa Adorno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64837494997341,"sku":"9781405973908","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781405973908.jpg?v=1780052079","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781405973908","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}