{"product_id":"november-2-the-day-of-the-dead-in-sicily-paperback","title":"November 2: The Day of the Dead in Sicily - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEttore Grillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 2 is a special day in Sicily. The Day of the Dead is considered an important festival, when children receive gifts from the dead and eat special bone-shaped cakes. Cemeteries are overcrowded with people walking in the lanes, placing flowers at gravesites, and lighting candles in their tombs. Many Sicilian tombs look like small houses: They contain a room, an altar, and marble-walled niches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario Chiaramonte goes to the cemetery on this day. Besides visiting the tombs of his relatives and friends, he strolls throughout the graveyard. On his walk, he stumbles on some special tombs. A few have an epitaph carved on the tombstone or above the altar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tombs he visits house the bodies of a Mafia boss, a literary man, a poet, a nobleman, and more. Mario recalls the salient moments of their lives, and at the same time sees himself from a different detached perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomance, adventure, life, death, the Mafia, good and evil, racism, and impermanence are themes throughout the novel. \u003cem\u003eNovember 2: The Day of the Dead in Sicily\u003c\/em\u003e is thought-provoking and captivating from beginning to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEttore Grillo was born in 1946 in Enna, Sicily, where he was an attorney for thirty-seven years. This is his fourth work. His previous books are \u003cem\u003eTravels of the Mind, The Vibrations of Words, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Hidden Sicilian History. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52543849627955,"sku":"9781951530662","price":25.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MW5NcnE5ckdZcDFkbzlweENjdUxiZz09.webp?v=1760943532","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/november-2-the-day-of-the-dead-in-sicily-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}