Bruno Ventavoli Książki

La vicenda si svolge tra l'estate del 1991 e la primavera del 1993: la Prima Repubblica sta crollando sotto l'urto del ciclone Mani Pulite, travolgendo un'intera classe dirigente che ha costruito le sue fortune sul perverso intreccio fra affari e politica. In questo clima si muovono i protagonisti del romanzo: Giulio, giornalista serio e scrupoloso, testimone e cronista degli eventi; Wanda, responsabile della segreteria politica di un importante ministro; Gloria, grande amica di quest'ultima e funzionaria di partito.

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the countryside and move to Budapest. Displaced from her community and her home, Ettie tries to find her place in this new life, but can't seem to get it right. She irritates the maid, hangs food outside the window because she mistrusts the fridge and, in her naivety and loneliness, invites a prostitute in for tea. Iza’s Ballad is the story of a woman who loses her life’s companion and a mother trying to get close to a daughter whom she has never truly known. It is about the meeting of the old-fashioned and the modern worlds and the beliefs we construct over a lifetime.