Il muro invisibile

Synopsis of Il muro invisibile

«Il muro invisibile» is Harry Bernstein's autobiographical novel, published by Piemme in paperback (329 pages, in Italian).

Set at the beginning of the 20th century in industrial northern England, it recounts the author's childhood on a street with an invisible wall: Jews on one side, Christians on the other, united by poverty. As the First World War approaches, his sister Lily's love for Arthur, a young Christian, challenges prejudice and brings hope.

Part of the Piemme pocket collection. Gold series. Translation by Caterina Lenzi; the original title, The Invisible Wall, was published in 2006.

For readers of memoirs and historical fiction about antisemitism and religious prejudice in early 20th-century England.