by Simonetta Agnello Hornby · Feltrinelli Traveller · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807034138
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«Piano nobile» is a family saga novel by Simonetta Agnello Hornby, published by Feltrinelli Traveller in paperback (348 pages, in Italian).
In Palermo in 1942, Baron Enrico Sorci, on his deathbed, orders that his death not be announced while his family gathers for a lunch fraught with tensions and secrets. The choral narrative reconstructs the alliances, betrayals and passions of the Sorcis against the backdrop of war and the end of fascism up to the mid-1950s.
Second part of the family saga begun with «Caffè amaro» and included in the I narratori collection from Feltrinelli.
A read for those who enjoy family sagas and contemporary Italian fiction with a historical backdrop.
Simonetta Agnello Hornby is an Italian novelist and food writer. Her novels are international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages.
