Books by Christopher Castellani and Complete Book Reviews
Christopher Castellani, Author . Algonquin $23.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-56512-389-2
Stendhal, in his book On Love, claimed that Italy was the home of passionate love because Italians take reverie as seriously as politics. Castellani, a young American writer, takes the Stendhalian viewpoint in this charming first novel. Vito Leone...
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Christopher Castellani, Author . Algonquin $23.95 (316p) ISBN 978-1-56512-433-2
Castellani explores the lives of Italian-American immigrants in this eloquent, leisurely tale about dreams and disappointments, a follow-up to his debut novel, A Kiss from Maddalena
. Here, Castellani picks up Maddalena Grasso's story in 1953,...
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Christopher Castellani. Algonquin, $13.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-61620-170-8
In all the 50 years that Maddalena Grasso has been married to Antonio, never once have they returned to their homeland, Italy. That changes when their daughter, Prima, a devoted wife and mother, secretly buys tickets to Rome for the whole family....
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Christopher Castellani. Viking, $27 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-55905-4
Castellani’s spectacular fourth novel (after 2013’s All This Talk of Love) imagines the relationships between Tennessee Williams, his lover Frank Merlo, and a young actress named Anja Bloom, whom they take under their wing. In 1953 Italy, Tenn and...
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