The children’s train

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Author:
Viola Ardone
Publishing house:
Einaudi Stile Libero Big
Date of publication:
24-09-2019

Sometimes we have to give up everything, even a mother’s love, to discover our destiny. No novel had ever told it with such dogged candor.

The Italian publishing case of the last Frankfurt Fair, being translated into 25 languages.

It is 1946 when Amerigo leaves his Naples ward and boards a train. Together with thousands of other southern children, he will cross the entire peninsula and spend several months with a family in the North; an initiative of the Communist Party to snatch the little ones out of poverty after the last conflict. With the amazement of his seven years and the sly wit of an alley child, Amerigo shows us an Italy rising from the war as if we were seeing it for the first time. And he entrusts us with the moving story of a separation. That original pain that one cannot escape, because there is no other way to grow.

“An exciting and beautifully written novel. The story of this postwar child, his struggle for survival and love, keeps you glued to the pages.”

Marion Kohler, DVA-Penguin, Germany.

“Original, emotional, of great literary quality. A book that everyone should read.”

Anne Michel, Albin Michel, France

“A splendid novel. Viola Ardone gently and masterfully makes us reflect on how certain decisions can change our lives forever.”

Elena Ramírez, Seix Barral, Spain