IF IT HOLDS OUT, MY FRIEND

By Gianfranco Menghini

In this ten-letter novel, all the hardships that the first-time author must face before seeing his own published book are revealed.If it holds out, my friend: the novel of a thousand vicissitudes, but also the discovery of an unknown world in the beautiful and fertile countryside of Avellino.The protagonist of the story is a semi-novice author which, once the money is set aside, does everything to try to publish his book. On this tortuous journey, he will meet strange characters who will do anything to take advantage of him. It will be a rundown of scenes and situations the author knows well: mutual friends who are not so many friends, literary agents, so to speak "out of the norm," even a visit to Montecitorio to speak with an honorable ... All will be told to freewheel by the same author, who describing in detail every situation, which happens to him, sees gradually the almost sacred idea inside each of us when it comes to publishing a book: the conviction of doing something useful, indeed of excellence, it becomes bitter resignation of a world where culture matters very little in the passage of the pages.The dream among much bitterness in this novelIF IT HOLDS OUT, MY FRIEND puts the accent on a real problem of Italian publishing, without. However, blaming or issuing sentences. This book made of small, big bitterness, is an inner journey to be read between the lines. Will the debut author's dream come true? You will only find out by reading ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085KS1JDR
• ISBN13: 9798619840575
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"