Stephen Burke: The Good Italian | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781848549173 | The Good Italian | Stephen Burke | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2015

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Enzo Secchi, harbourmaster for Massawa, Eritrea's main port, is a loyal Italian colonial servant. He takes pride in running the docks, enjoys the occasional drink with his gregarious friend Salvatore, colonel of the local Italian garrison, and listens to Caruso in his spare time. But he is lonely and when Salvatore suggests he find an Eritrean housekeeper to cook, clean - and maybe share his bed - Enzo takes the plunge and advertises. Salvatore's own tastes run to the young and nubile, but Enzo surprises himself by choosing Aatifa, a sharp-tongued woman in her 30s with a complicated family life, who takes the job as a last resort. What neither of them had counted on was falling in love.

But it is 1935, Fascism is on the rise, and Mussolini does not intend Eritrea to remain a backwater for long. Italian forces bent on invading Ethiopia begin arriving at the port. And with them come new laws - including one forbidding 'Relationships of a Conjugal Nature' with Eritrean women . . .

Meanwhile, Salvatore finds himself at the head of the invasion force bound for Ethiopia. Gone are the glory days of garrison life; it is a bitter campaign, laying bare all the brutality of Italian colonial ambition. Its consequences for Salvatore, and for Enzo and Aatifa as they contrive to hide their relationship in plain sight, will change all three lives for ever.

Über den Autor

Born and raised in Dublin, Stephen Burke studied film at the Dublin Institute of Technology. His first feature film was Happy Ever Afters , starring Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. His directing work for television includes the TV film Anner House, based on a story by Maeve Binchy; and the award winning state of the nation series No Tears, which won Best Drama Series at the Monte Carlo TV festival in 2002. He began his writing and directing career making multi-award winning short films about the conflict in Northern Ireland - After '68 and 81. A father of three children, he lives and works between Ireland and Italy.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781848549173
ISBN-10:	1848549172
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Burke, Stephen
Hersteller:	Hodder & Stoughton
Maße:	198 x 126 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Stephen Burke
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.01.2015
Gewicht:	0,218 kg

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