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FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON by Milena Agus
These memories of her home island of Sardinia run like a litany through the mind of a love-sick woman on a visit to Milan in 1963. She is considering remaining on the mainland for ever, but the contrast between that sea of light and the fog-bound Northern city tells at least the reader why she cannot. It is actually one of relatively few physical descriptions of the island in this charming little novella by Milena Agus, which reads almost like a family memoir. But the book is filled with the spirit of Sardinian life, which seems to have preserved the old ways well beyond the end of the war, a combination of circumspection and joy.
March 14, 2011
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Judi Clark В· 
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Tags: Around-the-World, Europa, Family Matters В· Posted in: Family Matters, Translated, World Literature, italy
