A widow retracing her late husband’s research is gradually woven into the eccentric, close-knit Albanian community of a remote Abruzzo mountain town, uncovering its humor, pain, and longing for belonging.
About The Author
Vénus Khoury-Ghata, a Lebanese-French poet and novelist long resident in Paris, has received major French honors including the Académie française’s Grand Prix de Poésie and the Goncourt Prize for Poetry. Her writing bridges Arabic rhythms with French idiom.
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