Sacha Naspini The Bishop’s Villa recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Italiaanse roman over de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Toscane. Op 19 november 2024 verschijnt bij Europa Editions de Engelse vertaling van de roman Villa del seminario van de uit Italië afkomstige schrijver Sacha Naspini. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.
Sacha Naspini The Bishop’s Villa recensie en informatie
- “In a surprising turn, Naspini shows us that no matter how small an act of resistance, it does make a difference. A distressing yet heart-warming novel.” (Historical Novels Review)
- “Naspini’s sobering portrait of moral weakness in the face of power will stay with readers a long time.” (Publishers Weekly)
- “The Bishop’s Villa is a compelling and enduring novel that, through a seemingly minor story, unravels one of the most tragic chapters of the 20th century. It exposes the intricate web of complicit ties that enabled those events, while posing lingering, unanswered questions that resonate to this day.” (Il Manifesto)
The Bishop’s Villa
- Auteur: Sacha Naspini (Italië)
- Soort boek: Italiaanse oorlogsroman
- Origineel: Villa del seminario (2023)
- Engelse vertaling: Clarissa Botsford
- Uitgever: Europa Editions
- Verschijnt: 19 november 2024
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / paperback / ebook
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Boekwinkel / Bol
Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van de Italiaanse schrijver Sacha Naspini
Tuscany, November 1943. Seen from the small village of Le Case, even the war looks different—it is mostly a matter of waiting, praying, and mourning. As a fierce winter threatens, an order is issued by the local Fascist authorities: all Jews must be rounded up and detained in the bishop’s villa to await deportation.
Shy, solitary, and taciturn René is the town’s cobbler. When he hears rumors that the woman he loves may be among a group of Resistance fighters imprisoned in the bishop’s villa, he can no longer stand by and watch as his town, his country, and his one great love become victims of the Nazis and their Fascist enablers. He decides to take action—perhaps for the first time in his life.
Based on the true story of a nefarious collaboration between the Catholic diocese of Grosseto and the Fascist authorities, The Bishop’s Villa is a masterful weaving together of fact and fiction by one of Italy’s most exciting young writers.
Sacha Naspini was born in 1976 in Grosseto, a town in Southern Tuscany. He has worked as an editor, art director, and screenwriter, and is the author of numerous novels and short stories which have been translated into several languages. Nives was his first novel to appear in English.