The Fortunate Pilgrim
By (Author) Mario Puzo
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
3rd September 2012
5th July 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
War, combat and military adventure fiction
813.54
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 196mm, Spine 19mm
227g
A classic tale of the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family, from the author of the international bestseller, The Godfather A CLASSIC TALE OF THE LOVES, CRIMES AND STRUGGLES CONFRONTED BY ONE FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY. From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - must steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. However, she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which must surely follow...
Puzo has written a chronicle of Italian immigrant life which is a small classic ... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language, its penetrating insights and its mixture of tenderness and rage * New York Times *
Mario Puzo was born in New York. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Godfather and many other acclaimed novels. Puzo also wrote many screenplays, including those for the three Godfather movies, for which he won two academy awards. He died at his home in Long Island, New York, at the age of seventy-eight.