A family of Sicilians: Stories and poems [Paperback]

Salvatore Amico M Buttaci (Author), Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: S. Buttaci; 1 edition (November 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917398211
• ISBN-13: 978-0917398216
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,325,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The poems, letters, and stories of Salvatore Buttaci have been published in The New York Times, Newsday, U.S.A. Today, The Writer, Cats Magazine, and widely elsewhere in America and overseas. A retired teacher and professor, he was the recipient of the $500 Cyber-wit Poetry Award in 2007. Buttaci has lectured on Sicilian American pride and conducted poetry workshops and readings.

His collection of 164 short-fiction stories, Flashing My Shorts, is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Flashing-My-Shorts-Salvatore-Buttaci/dp/0984259473

His new chapbook Boy on a Swing and other poems is available from http://www.bigtablepublishing.com/chaptitles.html

A Family of Sicilians: Stories and Poems is available from
http://stores.lulu.com/ButtaciPublishing2008

His new collection of flash fiction, 200 Shorts, has just been released by All Things That Matter Press, and is also available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/200-Shorts-Salvatore-Buttaci/dp/0984639241/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304168865&sr=1-12

He lives with his wife Sharon in West Virginia.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HAPPY NOSTALGIC PERIOD WITH MY SICILIAN GRANDPARENTS, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A family of Sicilians: Stories and poems (Paperback)

I LAUGHED,I CRIED I COULD NOT STOP READING "A FAMILY OF SICILIANS ".BUTTACI'S STORIES AND POEMS BROUGHT BACK FOND MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN A SICILIAN HOUSHOLD WITH NONNA CONCETTA AND NONNO GIUSEPPI.I HAVE HEARD THE STORY ABOUT THE CASTLE IN MUSSOMELI SO MANY TIMES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT APPEARS LIKE NEVER BEFORE AS ONLY BUTTACI CAN TELL IT.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND A FAMILY OF SICILIANS TO EVERYONE,ITALIAN OR NOT.IT IS GREAT READING. ROBERTO MONTAGNINO SCUSSEL

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHY A SECOND RELEASE OF THIS BOOK, May 31, 2009

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Salvatore Buttaci "Salvatore Buttaci, author ... (Princeton, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A family of Sicilians: Stories and poems (Paperback)

After ten years since A Family of Sicilians...was first published, I decided to release it again because of the many requests from those who had heard of the book and wanted to order a copy for themselves.

In the past ten years the media has become increasingly more anti-Sicilan. My main reason for having written this book in the first place was to show people what Sicilian Americans were really like, a much truer image than what the media with its mafia themes were projecting.

Being a proud Sicilian American, I wanted those of my ethnicity to be likewise proud, and those of other nationalities to not only learn about us but gain respect for their own ethnicity. Reviews and personal comments revealed that in a small measure I had succeeded. I hope to continue that success in this second release of A Family of Sicilians...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well written, November 6, 2008

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Katherine Lakes (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A family of Sicilians: Stories and poems (Paperback)

His stories flow well with just the right amount of description/detail. A few scenes are similar to events in my life, so I relate to those scenes. Much of the book is not like my life (I'm not Italian), so it broadened my horizons. The fictional story "Miracle Man" won an award from Writer's Digest. Not all of the stories are fictional. Some of them are true stories. The table of contents indicates which are which. This book was reprinted in 2008.