Franco Pagnucci - is a widely published poet and educator. He was born in a mountain village in Italy and grew up in Illinois. He now he lives in the lake country of northern wisconsin.
Breath of the Onion--Italian-American Anecdotes
ISBN-13: 978-0-87839-791-4
This latest book by Franco Pagnucci is a collection of prose pieces and a few authentic, family recipies. Beginning in a twelfth-century Tuscan, mountain village in the 1940's, Pagnucci celebratees a handful of Italian characters, some of whom immigrate to Illinions. In the suburbs west of Chicago, these memorable characters becomer aware of the pressures the New World imposes on an ethnic culture. Language, customs, and values are affected and modified, often with humor and a new understanding. Of course, the author also includes the fun of a short visit to Italy after forty years.
Reader Comments
"I just finished rereading your book for a second time. There is so much that is familiar that describes my own immigrant experience of my family. I think you have created a real treasure. Thank you!
(Mary Krook, Nurse)
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(Howard Paap, Anthropologist)