East Liberty - Bathanti, Joseph

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Résumé :
East Liberty is a poetic, passionate coming-of-age novel spanning 1955 to 1963, set in an Italian-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh. Roberto (Bobby) Renzo, the novel's fatherless narrator and main character, lives with Francene Renzo, his beautiful, mysterious, and unconventional mother who gave birth to him out of wedlock. Together the two habitually watch vintage Hollywood movies on TV. Orbiting Bobby and Francene are the Catholic Church...

Biographie:
Joseph Bathanti, born and raised in Pittsburgh, is a professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University, as well as the former poet laureate of North Carolina. He is the author of eight books of poetry and three novels, including Coventry, winner of the 2006 Novello Literary Award, and his collection of personal essays, Half of What I Say Is Meaningless, earned the 2012 Will D. Campbell Award for Creative Nonfiction. His newest novel, The Life of the World to Come, was published in 2014 by the University of South Carolina Press...

Sommaire:
Joseph Bathanti, born and raised in Pittsburgh, is a professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University, as well as the former poet laureate of North Carolina. He is the author of eight books of poetry and three novels, including Coventry, winner of the 2006 Novello Literary Award, and his collection of personal essays, Half of What I Say Is Meaningless, earned the 2012 Will D. Campbell Award for Creative Nonfiction. His newest novel, The Life of the World to Come, was published in 2014 by the University of South Carolina Press...