The Ice-Cream Makers - Brossura

Ernest Van Der Kwast

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1925228436 ISBN 13: 9781925228434

Casa editrice: Scribe Publications, 2016

Riassunto

A dazzling novel about an Italian ice-cream dynasty, tradition, ambition, and the sensation of lemon sorbet melting on your tongue. In the far north of Italy lies the valley of the ice-cream makers: about a dozen villages where, for generations, people have specialised in making ice cream. Giuseppe Talamini claims it was actually invented here. Every spring his family sets off for the ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, returning to the mountains only in winter. Eldest son Giovanni Talamini decides to break with this tradition by pursuing a literary career. But then one day his younger brother Luca approaches him with a highly unusual request. Now Giovanni faces a dilemma: serve the family's interests one last time or choose his own path in life, once and for all.

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Recensione

'The passion for making good ice-cream, the alchemy of creating a new flavour and the historical background of ice cream makers who used to make their ice-cream from mountain snow lend this page-turner its charm.' --Dagblad van het Noorden

'A compelling novel about the yoke of family relations.' --Elle

'A beautifully poetic family saga.' --Glamour

L'autore

Ernest van der Kwast made his breakthrough with the novel Mama Tandoori, which became a bestseller in the Netherlands and Italy and sold more than 100,000 copies. In 2012 he published the novella Giovanna's Navel, which entered the Der Spiegel bestseller list immediately after publication in Germany in spring 2015. Laura Vroomen was born in the Netherlands and now lives and works in London. She was educated at the University of Amsterdam and Warwick University and spent several years teaching English literature and cultural studies before switching to translation.

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• Editore: Scribe Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1925228436
• ISBN 13: 9781925228434
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272