{"product_id":"the-round-dance-a-novel-hardback-9781978837447","title":"The Round Dance; A Novel (Hardback) 9781978837447","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Round Dance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarmine Abate (Author), Michelangelo La Luna (Translated by), Francesco Altimari (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978837447\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages, 0 figures\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 3 cm, 0.064 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Carmine Abate's novelistic debut is a groundbreaking postmodern 'metaphor of the world.' This Italo-Albanian 'round dance,' brilliantly translated by Michelangelo La Luna, offers a blueprint for how to deal with cultural belonging in a globalized world while holding aesthetic as well as moral, religious, and social value.\" — Dagmar Reichardt, coeditor of Icone della transculturalità\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"The Arbëreshë community has made southern Italy its home for six centuries by renewing its identity as a distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious minority. Masterfully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Round Dance \u003c\/i\u003eopens their world for English-speaking audiences and is a welcome addition to the canon of migrant literature.\" — Ines Murzaku, coeditor of Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Carmine Abate's \u003ci\u003eThe Round Dance \u003c\/i\u003eis a mesmerizing, intergenerational modern epic of resistance and change, staying and leaving, recovery and dispersal. It kidnaps our senses and our mind's eye in the swirl of its poetic vitality and light-heartedness. La Luna's outstanding, sensitive translation is a true gift to English readers of all ages.\"— Giovanna Miceli Jeffries, author of Bitter Trades: A Memoir\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Through a lovely translation of Carmine Abate's poetic language, \u003ci\u003eThe Round Dance \u003c\/i\u003eunveils to English readers the marvelous, centuries-long odyssey of the Albanian people in southern Italy and beyond, underscoring what some have called 'the powers of diaspora.'\" — Tullio Pagano, author of The Making and Unmaking of Mediterranean Landscape in Italian Literature: The Case of Ligu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Carmine Abate invites readers to experience the Italo-Albanian world and to deepen their appreciation for the uniqueness of the Arbëreshë community. Step back in time through the lively characters of this brilliantly written novel that explores themes of collective memory, myth and reality, migration, and cultural transmission.\"— Mithat Gashi, Albanian American activist\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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 (Arbëresh) hometown of Carfizzi, Calabria, into a magical realist wonderland that rivals Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo. Inspired by the oral traditions of the old Albanian bards and incorporating the poetic local dialect, \u003ci\u003eThe Round Dance \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eForeword, \"\u003cbr\u003eMemory and Identity Performance in the Imagined 'Hora' of Albanians of Italy or Arbëreshë,\"\u003cbr\u003e Francesco Altimari\u003cbr\u003e Translator's Note, Michelangelo La Luna\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLojmë lojmë, vasha, vallen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Një\u003cbr\u003e Dy\u003cbr\u003e Tre\u003cbr\u003e Katër\u003cbr\u003e Pesë\u003cbr\u003e Gjashtë\u003cbr\u003e Shtatë\u003cbr\u003e Tetë\u003cbr\u003e Nendë\u003cbr\u003e Djetë\u003cbr\u003e Eleven\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVu spërvjeret Skandërbeku\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Viatrice delle fate\u003cbr\u003e The Green-Eyed Partridge\u003cbr\u003e The Smallest White Castle in the World\u003cbr\u003e The Little Ladies and the Bored Little Soldier \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Round Dance\u003cbr\u003e Skanderbeg's Bust\u003cbr\u003e The Christmas Hearth\u003cbr\u003e The Fake Mericano\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eZëmërgùri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two Fingers of Honor on the Forehead\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsh një jëmë shumë e mirë\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e Thirteen\u003cbr\u003e Fourteen\u003cbr\u003e Fifteen\u003cbr\u003e Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e Seventeen\u003cbr\u003e Eighteen\u003cbr\u003e Nineteen\u003cbr\u003e Twenty\u003cbr\u003e Twenty-One\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShkoi një ditë mjegullore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Final Vallja\u003cbr\u003e Author's Note\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640482885912,"sku":"9781978837447","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-round-dance-a-novel-hardback-9781978837447","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}