{"product_id":"a-house-in-sicily","title":"A House in Sicily","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – and one of the most exciting rediscovered classics in years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region’s recently overthrown fascist regime…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante,\u003cem\u003e A House in Sicily\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Oversized paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1405973900\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781405973908\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luisa Adorno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53780267401482,"sku":null,"price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781405973908.jpg?v=1789985442","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/a-house-in-sicily","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}