TERRA FIRMA [Paperback]

Clara Orban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2006

Award-winning (CNW/FFWA Award for Fiction, 2nd Place) riveting story of the plight of pre-World War Italian and Hungarian families, pushed by politics and history out of their land toward America, and the moving reconciliation of a daughter, product of this America, with her past. Written by a Professor of French and Italian at DePaul University, Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Florida Academic Press (August 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890357197
• ISBN-13: 978-1890357191
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,928,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended., December 8, 2006

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The second place winner for the CNW/FFWA Award for Fiction in 2003, Terra Firma is a novel about the suffering of pre-World War Italian and Hungarian families that pushed them to emigrate to America, and the reconciliation of an American daughter with the past of her proud ancestors. The debut novel of Clara Orban (professor of French and Italian at DePaul University, Chicago), Terra Firma is a rich interconnection between Old World Europe and the hectic modern day, and also a contemplation of the searches for independence, meaning, roots and balance in life both then and now. Highly recommended.