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Set during the first half of the twentieth century, this is the story of the Brunis, a family of farmers from the Italian Padan Plain who have worked the land since time immemorial. And it is a story about the homeless multitudes, travelers, and tinkers, roaming Europe during the hardscrabble nineteen-twenties and thirties. In this expansive novel, reminiscent of Bertoluccis masterpiece 1900 in its scope and subject matter, these two worlds meet when the Brunis open their great barn and offer it as a refuge for those in need of a warm, dry, and safe place to sleep and eat. The barn becomes font and inspiration for a series of vivid stories involving sundry strangers, the Bruni parents themselves, and their nine childrenseven boys and two girlswho will grow into young men and women during World War I and its aftermath. Told in the tradition of country folktales and framed by the devastating years of strifetwo world wars and the years of fascismthese stories will delight readers from the first page to the last. Manfredis A Winters Night provides a timely reminder that simple values and a sense of solidarity with our fellow human beings remain of vital importance, above all in a w

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Author

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609450762

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, History

Rating

3.49 / 5 (83 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13