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Mount Allegro

By Jerre Mangione

Mount Allegro

By Jerre Mangione

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Mount Allegro is an extraordinary memoir, a celebration of Sicilian life, an engaging sociological portrait, a moving reminiscence of a fledgling writer's escape from the restrictive culture in which he grew up. Jerre Mangione's autobiographical chronicle of his youth in a Sicilian community in Rochester is one of the truly enduring books about the immigrant experience in this country. Family squabbles, soul-nourishing food, and the casting of evil eyes are only some of the ingredients of this richly textured book, although they must all take second place to its unforgettable characters. As Eugene Paul Nassar writes in the book's Foreword, "Mount Allegro . . . gave a literary visibility and identity, amiable and appealing, to a poorly understood ethnic group in America, and did so at a very high level of artistry."
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1998-03-01
Publication Date:
1998-03-01
Publisher:
Syracuse University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0815604297
ISBN13:
9780815604297
Weight:
367 g
Height:
142 cm
Width:
205 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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