{"product_id":"the-innocent-days-of-war-9781635424140","title":"The Innocent Days of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this gripping coming-of-age novel, a group of young people's lives and passions collide in unexpected ways as World War II transforms Italy and England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentral Italy, on the eve of the Second World War. A group of young Italians find themselves in the midst of what will soon become a civil war. Among them is Stefano Portelli, a hopeful lawyer with a head full of utopias, in love with Eleonora. And there is his sister-in-law Nina, secretly linked to Sergio, a partisan leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther lives run parallel to theirs: that of Alastair Ormiston, an English Royal Air Force Pilot, who adores Virginia Woolf's books and dreams of the ideal companion. And that of Edna, his best friend who, in a London bombed by the Nazis, discovers herself and her happiness. If their paths intersect in a shocking way, shuffling the cards of history, it will be through the work of a destiny greater than them, burning them in a bonfire where everything is consumed--joy and pain together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Fortunato \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cirò, Calabria, Italy. For three decades he worked as a literary critic for the Italian current affairs magazine \u003ci\u003eL'Espresso\u003c\/i\u003e. More recently he has worked as a columnist for the German daily paper \u003ci\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also served as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London. In addition to writing novels such as \u003ci\u003eSouth \u003c\/i\u003e(Other Press, 2023), a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year, he has translated into Italian works by Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, and Henry James. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia MacGibbon \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including Marta Barone's \u003ci\u003eSunken City\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives near Rome.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676287172882,"sku":"9781635424140","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d84c305e-5052-4945-ac90-7c243ff3dca3.jpg?v=1761052609","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-innocent-days-of-war-9781635424140","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}