A Feast of Narrative

By Tiziano Thomas Dossena (editor), Dominic Anthony Campanile (illustrator),

Book cover of A Feast of Narrative: Volume 1

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This collection of short stories, published by "Idea Press" is aimed at presenting the richness of styles and creativity of Italian American writers. It consists of two sections for a total of twenty-three short stories, eight of them nonfiction and fifteen of them fiction, and eighteen authors. The writers chosen…

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1 author picked A Feast of Narrative as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a three-volume anthology of Italian American writers recalling family dinners, holidays, funerals, weddings, Italian customs, and Italian relatives. These volumes depict Italians in their everyday life far removed from any mafioso dramas. Reading these stories helps Italians verify the meanings and pronunciations of Italian words and gestures, those things called “Italian” used long ago but since forgotten with the passing of our elders.

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