The a novel Ardone, Viola 1974- creator author. Botsford, Clarissa translator. text Historical fiction. nyu 2021 First edition. monographic eng ita

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306 pages ; 24 cm. A Note on the Lyrics, A Note From the Translator. Though Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the second world war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. Then Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat. Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life-- Viola Ardone ; translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford. Originally published as Il treno dei bambini in Italy in 2019 by Einaudi. Children Italy Fiction Families Italy Fiction Italy History 1945-1976 Fiction PQ4901.R43 T7413 2021 853/.92 9780062940506 9780062940513 2020034178 200728 20250318112639.0 1151062436