{"product_id":"9781491731895","title":"A Piazza for Sant'Antonio: Five Novellas of 1980s Tuscany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New Decade, and New Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN PAUL SALSINI™S FIRST NOVEL of this series, \u003ci\u003eThe Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e (first place winner, Council for Wisconsin Writers and Midwest Independent Publishers Association), terrified villagers were trapped in a farmhouse during World War II. In the second, \u003ci\u003eSparrow™s Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e, a partisan hunted down the collaborator of a horrific massacre. In the third, \u003ci\u003eDino™s Story: A Novel of 1960s Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e, a boy came of age during the devastating flood of Florence in 1966. Then the characters entered a new decade in \u003ci\u003eThe Temptation of Father Lorenzo: Ten Stories of 1970s Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e (first place winner, Midwest Independent Publishers Association).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOW THESE BELOVED CHARACTERS, along with a few new friends and relatives, return in \u003ci\u003eA Piazza for Sant™Antonio, Five Novellas of 1980s Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THE FIRST STORY, Donna writes a cookbook that makes her famous and threatens her marriage. In another, little Pasquale, in trying to save a cat, teaches the people of his village understanding. When Sant™Antonio is ridiculed because it lacks a piazza, a mysterious man who lives in an abandoned monastery comes to the rescue. Meanwhile, when Dino seeks his roots, he discovers a heroic grandfather, a loving uncle and a doomed village that may be inhabited by ghosts. And in Florence, Father Lorenzo tries to cope with the hysteria brought about by a serial killer of young lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142529106160,"sku":"9781491731895","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491731895_p0.jpg?v=1763659326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491731895","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}