Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village.
She is 17, and dreams of marrying a rich man, living in a grand
apartment in the city and wearing silk stockings. To escape her
father’s neglect and her mother’s sadness, she begins to take the
dusty road to the city every day, accompanied by Nini,her sweet and
mysterious cousin. When Nini takes a job in a factory and moves in
with a city woman, Delia sees another way of being. But when she
discovers she’s pregnant, she agrees to marry the father, seduced by
the promise of wealth and comfort. Nothing, not even Nini’s
desperate declaration of love, can stop her – but her rejection will
be his undoing. The Road to the City is a short, poignant novel about
the dreamsof youth, and the cruelty it takes to make them come true.
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ISBN
9781911547631
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Daunt Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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