The letter carrier a novel

"Salento, Italy, June 1934: A coach stops in the main square of Lizzanello, a tight-knit village where everyone knows each other. A couple gets off: The man, Carlo, a child of the South, is happy to be back home after a long time away; the woman, Anna -- his wife -- is a stranger from the North. Car...

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Main Author: Giannone, Francesca (Author)
Other Authors: Pauletto, Elettra (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Italian
Published: New York : Crown, [2025]
Edition:First US edition.
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240 1 0 |a Portalettere.  |l English 
245 1 4 |a The letter carrier :  |b a novel /  |c Francesca Giannone ; translated by Elettra Pauletto. 
250 |a First US edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Crown,  |c [2025] 
300 |a 404 pages ;  |c 25 cm 
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500 |a Translated from the Italian. 
500 |a "Originally published in Italian as La portalettere by Casa Editrice Nord s.u.r.l., Milan, in 2023." --verso 
520 |a "Salento, Italy, June 1934: A coach stops in the main square of Lizzanello, a tight-knit village where everyone knows each other. A couple gets off: The man, Carlo, a child of the South, is happy to be back home after a long time away; the woman, Anna -- his wife -- is a stranger from the North. Carlo's brother is there to meet them, and he and everyone else can't help but notice that Anna is as beautiful as a Greek statue. But Anna is not like the other wives. She doesn't gossip or attend church. She reads books no one else has ever heard of, exploring ideas that some find threatening. She even wears pants, just like a man, and thinks a woman should have rights, just like a man. There aren't many options for a woman with Anna's sensibilities, so when she learns that the post office is hiring, she leaps at the opportunity. A female letter carrier? It is unthinkable! But Anna passes the postal exam and soon becomes the invisible thread connecting the town as she delivers letters between clandestine lovers, families waiting to hear news of loves ones away at war, and even helping those who can't read. Letters connect people, and they convey information and emotion. But for some in Lizzanello, letters are too little and too late."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
546 |a Translated from the Italian. 
650 0 |a Letter carriers  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Small cities  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Sex role  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Postmasters  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Married people  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a City and town life  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Italy  |x History  |y 1922-1945  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Italy, Southern  |x Social life and customs  |y 20th century  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Italy  |x History  |y 1922-1945  |v Juvenile fiction. 
655 7 |a Historical fiction.  |2 lcgft 
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