{"product_id":"house-in-sicily-1","title":"House in Sicily","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – and one of the most exciting rediscovered classics in years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. But 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…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, \u003ci\u003eA House in Sicily\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56243735593304,"sku":"9781405973908","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/house-in-sicily-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}