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Between two states
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- Book Synopsis
- Between Two States tells the story of anti-fascist Vincenzo Pacitti's family as he flees Mussolini's Italy, forcing his wife to decide which two children they will take to Glasgow, and which two will be left behind. With the family split between the mountains of Italy and the struggle to survive in Glasgow, siblings Gabriella and Antonio are forced to grow up estranged. Raised in the ancient town of Cassino, Gabriella is embittered by her mother's rejection and turns to fascism. In poverty-stricken Glasgow, Antonio feels an immigrant's conflicted loyalties, which intensify when British Italians are interned in 1940. War-stricken Italy is divided by two occupying armies, alternately ally and oppressor, a crisis of identity played out in individual lives. What kind of country will a 'liberated' Italy be? Will the Scottish and Italian branches of the Pacitti family ever reunite?
- About The Author
- A winner of the Brontë Poetry prize, Diane Pacitti produced Dark Angelic Mills during her Poetry Residency in Bradford. Guantanamo, a collaboration with her late husband, the Italo-Scots artist Antonio Pacitti, was praised by Harold Pinter. She now writes for Earth Justice projects, working with an artist and a scientist.
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- ISBN
- 9781836283829
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing, (28 August 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 368
- Weight
- 462 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 26.5 mm
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