Sons of Italy Releases Fall 2004 Book Club Selections
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Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October
1, 2004
It's
Italian American Heritage month! The fall 2004
Sons of Italy Book Club celebrates Italian American
heritage with selections about Columbus, the
immigration experience and evolution of social
class in pursuit of the American dream.
•
The Enemies of Christopher Columbus by
Thomas A. Bowden. Who are the enemies
of Columbus and why do they want to destroy his
reputation? This book provides this answer and
others in a clear and direct question-and-answer
format. Also includes passages about the "Indian question" from
legendary writers such as Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson,
and Charles Dickens. [$29.95; hard cover; 133 pages;
The Paper Tiger]
• Seasons in Basilicata by David Yeadon. Inspired by Carlo Levi's
masterpiece, Christ Stopped at Eboli (see "Also Worth Reading"),
David Yeadon spent a year in Aliano, the same village where Levi was
exiled to nearly 70 years earlier. The story follows Yeadon and his wife
as they rent a house and live among the 1,000 inhabitants of this little
town in Basilicata, creating a vivid portrayal of a place that few outsiders
know. [$25.95; hard cover; 480 pages; HarperCollins]
• Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by
Alfred Lubrano. In his work of narrative nonfiction, award-winning
reporter Alfred Lubrano describes the experiences of over a hundred "straddlers," who
represent the 13 million Americans stuck in a class-dictated limbo marked
by resentment, jealousy and racism. They face the daunting task of fitting
into a middle-class life without losing touch with their blue collar
families. [$27.95; hard cover; 272 pages; Wiley]
ALSO
WORTH READING…
• Christ
Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi. Levi, a writer,
painter, and physician, tells of his experiences
in Lucania (today's Basilicata), where this educated
northern Italian Jew was exiled shortly before
WW II for his opposition to Mussolini. Over time,
he is accepted by the villagers, whom he comes
to admire and respect. [$27.00; paperback; 272
pages; Farrar Straus Giroux]
• Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of
Christopher Columbus by Samuel Eliot Morison. This Pulitzer Prize-winning
biography of Christopher Columbus retraces the steps
of his voyages that changed the world. A great companion
to The Enemies of Christopher Columbus, this 1942
classic contains maps, drawings and charts. [$28.99;
hard cover; 680 pages; Little, Brown]
• One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy by Paolo Lazzarin.
Sit back and take a tour of the country's less traveled roads, history
and sights of small towns in Italy's 20 regions. A detailed appendix at
the end of the book recommends restaurants, hotels and more. [$45.00; hard
cover; 276 pages w/ 300 color photos; Rizzoli]
The
Sons of Italy National Book Club is dedicated to
the works of Italian American writers who focus on
Italian American issues, themes and experiences.
OSIA chooses three to four fiction and non-fiction
books each quarter for a total of 12 to 16 titles
a year.
OSIA encourages its 700+ lodges as well as
other Italian American organizations, clubs and individuals
to choose one or more of the books each quarter to
read and discuss.
The three fall 2004 book club selections
can be bought on the OSIA Web site (www.osia.org).
Order
all your books through OSIA and Amazon.com. Just go
to www.osia.org,
click on "Sons of Italy Book Club" and
choose either a Book Club selection or another book
or product. Most orders are shipped within 24 hours.
OSIA
is the largest and longest established national organization
for men and women of Italian heritage in the United
States. It has more than 600,000 members and supporters
and a network of more than 700 chapters coast to coast.
OSIA works at the community, national and international
levels to promote the heritage and culture of an estimated
26 million Italian Americans, the nation's fifth largest
ethnic group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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