The Mussolini Canal

Antonio Pennacchi · 2010 CE · Novel · Italian · Contemporary

A peasant family from the Veneto is resettled on the drained Pontine Marshes under Fascism, and its history, from the First World War through the Second, is told by a narrator to a listener who keeps interrupting. The family's fortunes follow those of the new towns built on reclaimed land. Winner of the Strega Prize.

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