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The Italian-American
Writers Experience
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hatever I have learned
about Italian American
literature was on my
own; no teacher suggested I read
what I have read, and what I have
learned has saved my life in
many ways.
In Mario Puzo's novel, The
Fortunate Pilgrim (1964), I
found my widowed mother, who
raised four children by herself, to
be very much like the protago-
nist, Lucia Santa, who "makes
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SAN FRANCISCO
Italian Design in
the World
Page 28
LIFE & PEOPLE
Oscars 2017: The
Italian Winners
Page 8
ALL AROUND ITALY
Civita di Bagnoregio
la città che muore
Page 12
LA BUONA TAVOLA
"Wild" Mushroom
Risotto
Page 38
Southern Italy's
Diverse Heritage
PG.14
the family organism stand strong
against the blows of time: the
growth of children, the death of
parents, and all changes of world-
ly circumstance. She lives
through five years in an instant,
and behind her trail the great
shadowy memories that are life's
real substance and the spirit's
strength."
In Pietro di Donato's master-
piece, Christ in concrete (1939),
I heard my hod-carrier grandfa-
ther through Geremio's dreaming
Give me a Negroni!
The history of one of
Italy's most iconic
drinks
An Italian family,
Ancient Rome style
PG. 10
PG. 4
PG. 7 PG. 6
IN ITALIANO
L'Italo
Americano
Bestselling author Gay Talese raised the question, "Where are the Italian American novelists?" on the front page of the March 14, 1993 New York Times Book Review. Photo by s_bukley
LIFE & PEOPLE
LA VITA ITALIANA
TRAVEL
"The Fortunate Pilgrim" (1964),
ho trovato mia madre vedova, che
ha tirato su da sola quattro bambi-
ni, essere molto simile alla pro-
tagonista, Lucia Santa, colei che
"rende l'organismo familiare
capace di resistere ai colpi del
tempo: la crescita dei bambini, la
morte dei genitori e tutti i cambia-
menti delle contingenze terrene.
Lei vive cinque anni in un istante
e, dietro di lei, le grandi memorie
ombrose che sono la vera sostan-
za della vita e la forza dello spiri-
O
gni cosa che ho imparato
sulla letteratura italiano
americana è merito mio;
nessun insegnante mi ha suggerito
cosa leggere, e quanto ho impara-
to ha salvato la mia vita in molti
modi.
Nel romanzo di Mario Puzo,
Alla ricerca
degli scrittori
italo-americani
