Pasquale Stiso's "True Story" and Other Works: A Critical Introduction and Bilingual Edition

By Pasquale Stiso

"In bringing the 'cautionary' tale of Pasquale Stiso and his elegiac musings to a new audience, Ruberto and Verdicchio perform a generous and necessary act of cultural anthropology, reinvigorating an historical memory in danger of succumbing to amnesia. Stiso's life, death, and writings challenged two enduring myths: the nostalgia of a glorious and fecund patria left behind and the seduction of a land with 'streets paved in gold.' Hope tempered by despair; deceit rebuffed by compassion; this is a tale told by an 'immigrant' who never left Italy. A small, shining tessera in the tragi-comic mosaic of the Italian diaspora."

-Stanislao G. Pugliese, Hofstra University

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599541831
• ISBN13: 9781599541839
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Bordighera Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"