by William Nicholson · Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788804508977
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«Il ritorno del Cantore» is the fantasy novel by William Nicholson that opens the trilogy «Il vento di fuoco» (Mondadori, hardback, 313 pp., Italian).
A tower of logs and reeds, the Cantore, produces celestial music that enchants a village destined to become Aramanth. There, exams decide each family's social position, and poor scores mean moves to inferior districts. The Hath family defies this oppressive «democracy».
Original title: «The Wind Singer». Italian translation by Maurizio Bartocci. Winner of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Premi Protagonista Jove.
Recommended for readers aged 10 and up, especially fans of fantasy, adventure, and dystopias.
Field Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson, was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Mahdist War, the Third Anglo-Burmese War, the Second Boer War and the First World War. He became Chief of the Imperial General Staff and was closely involved in the reorganisation of the British Army in the early years of the 20th century.
