Praise for The Cielo"Salsini spins a tale of both cruelty and courage, and affirms yet again the ability of humans to endure."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"A moving debut novel of a luscious country too often forgotten when we consider the ravages of the 'Good War.'"-Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean"(The Cielo) diligently explores the complexities and exquisite tortures of wartime existence, the sense of powerlessness and fear and the essential qualities of those who survived. A well-researched and gripping drama of wartime survival and transcendence."-Kirkus DiscoveriesThe Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany won First Place for Fiction from the Council for Wisconsin Writers; First Place for Fiction from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, and First Honorable Mention from Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards.In Sparrow's Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany, the Resistance fighter whose code name was Sparrow relentlessly pursues the collaborator of one of the worst Nazi atrocities in Italy during WWII. But in the treacherous and mysterious land of the Garfagnana, he discovers something he has long hidden within himself. Sparrow's Revenge is an unforgettable tale of revenge, retribution, guilt and, finally, forgiveness.
Paul Salsini is a veteran Milwaukee journalist, having been a reporter, state editor and staff development director at The Milwaukee Journal. He now teaches writing courses in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University. He was the Wisconsin correspondent for The New York Times for twenty years and his travel essays have appeared in The Times and elsewhere.
He is the author of three historical novels that make up "A Tuscan Trilogy." The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany is the story of a group of villagers trapped in a farmhouse during WWII. The book received First Place in Fiction from the Council for Wisconsin Writers and from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. Sparrow's Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany describes a partisan's relentless search for a collaborator of a Nazi massacre, and the just-published Dino's Story: A Novel of 1960s Tuscany is about a boy who comes of age helping the poor and destitute during the devastating flood in Florence in 1966.
