- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (24 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747542023
- ISBN-13: 978-0747542025
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 15 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,824,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Begin with a bang", Amanda Prantera's narrator Juliet More advises herself, and indeed she does: with the bang which claims the life of her husband, Italian industrialist Lorenzo Gherardi. But it's the last explosion in the book, as Juliet quietly starts to unravel the mystery of her husband's death: why was Lorenzo at the wheel of a Fiat van in the middle of the night, apparently cradling a bomb in his lap? While the slimy investigating coroner Carosi is insinuating that Lorenzo was a left-wing terrorist, Juliet grabs at the idea he was murdered by neo-Fascists. And while enduring the official investigation, Juliet has to cope with her larger-than-life and typically Italian mother-in-law Elvira ...Signora Giulietta is an endearingly uncertain guide to the strange events in her life. While she travels across Europe in the wake of the tragedy, we shadow the path of a woman who loses not only her husband, but all her social bearings: an Englishwoman suddenly left unhinged in a very alien culture. And through her verbal rambling, we are forced to step into the emotional maze provoked by her barely-acknowledged grief. It may begin with a bang, but the pleasures of Letters to Lorenzo are gentle and gently unnerving. --Alan Stewart
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When Roman industrialist Lorenzo Gherardi dies in a bomb explosion at the wheel of his car he is suspected of involvement with terrorists, a crime which carries severe punishment in the era of the Red Brigade. His wife Juliet is left to prove her late husband's innocence and discover the truth.
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A polished and perceptive journey through the pain of loss and betrayal. This story builds up in generous but significantly selected naturalistic detail a picture of an engaged life and the varying qualities and textures of its relationships. Even the bit parts have depth. The philospher's grief and hurt evolve and mutate to wistfulness and release in a natural process. A surprising exuberance propels the plot, and an unexpected, but good, ending provides a delicate resolution. Clever fluent prose; a superior ability and a superior read.
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Beautifully written but could have been plotted better.
13 Aug 1999
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is my first read of a Prantera book but I plan to read more. She has a gorgeous, fullblooded writing style; sparse but wonderfully construced language; great sense of dialogue; keen eye for detail; and a great ability to describe Italian people and places. I liked the book very much but wish she had plotted it in a more complex way. I can think of several possible twists that would have made the book more interesting.
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