The Round Dance

By Carmine Abate

The village of Hora is a magical place that blurs the boundaries between a mythical past and the present. It is here that Costantino Avati grows alongside his impetuous and melancholic father, Francesco; his mother, Elena, who hides a secret torment; his two sisters, Orlandina and Lucrezia; and his grandfather Lissandro, the last custodian of an era and a world that are disappearing. As Costantino feels the pangs of first love with the intriguing Roman Isabella, he also discovers the romantic allure of his own village and its rich cultural heritage. In his first novel, acclaimed author Carmine Abate transforms his Italo-Albanian (Arb resh) hometown of Carfizzi, Calabria, into a magical realist wonderland that rivals Gabriel Garc a M rquez's Macondo. Inspired by the oral traditions of the old Albanian bards and incorporating the poetic local dialect, The Round Dance is a unique piece of multicultural literature that was named by the publishing house Mondadori as one of the one hundred greatest Italian novels of the twentieth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978837445
• ISBN13: 9781978837447
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher