by Simonetta Agnello Hornby · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141019093
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«The Almond Picker» is the literary fiction novel by Simonetta Agnello Hornby, published by Penguin in paperback (336 pages, in English).
In a village in rural Sicily, Maria Rosalia Inzerillo, the Mennulara, an almond picker who for decades served one of the wealthiest families in the area, dies. After her death, the neighbours wonder how she amassed such a fortune while gossip reconstructs a life of secrets, rivalries and a hidden love.
Work originally published as «La Mennulara» in 2002; winner of the Forte Village and Alassio Centolibri prizes in 2003.
For readers of literary and historical fiction and book clubs interested in twentieth-century rural Sicily and its secrets.
Simonetta Agnello Hornby is an Italian novelist and food writer. Her novels are international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages.
