{"product_id":"the-innocent-days-of-war-paperback","title":"The Innocent Days of War - 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\u003eMario Fortunato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Macgibbon\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this gripping coming-of-age novel, a group of young people's lives and passions collide in unexpected ways as World War II transforms Italy and England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentral Italy, on the eve of the Second World War. A group of young Italians find themselves in the midst of what will soon become a civil war. Among them is Stefano Portelli, a hopeful lawyer with a head full of utopias, in love with Eleonora. And there is his sister-in-law Nina, secretly linked to Sergio, a partisan leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther lives run parallel to theirs: that of Alastair Ormiston, an English Royal Air Force Pilot, who adores Virginia Woolf's books and dreams of the ideal companion. And that of Edna, his best friend who, in a London bombed by the Nazis, discovers herself and her happiness. If their paths intersect in a shocking way, shuffling the cards of history, it will be through the work of a destiny greater than them, burning them in a bonfire where everything is consumed--joy and pain together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Fortunato \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cirò, Calabria, Italy. For three decades he worked as a literary critic for the Italian current affairs magazine \u003ci\u003eL'Espresso\u003c\/i\u003e. More recently he has worked as a columnist for the German daily paper \u003ci\u003eSüddeutsche Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also served as director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London. In addition to writing novels such as \u003ci\u003eSouth \u003c\/i\u003e(Other Press, 2023), a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year, he has translated into Italian works by Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, and Henry James. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia MacGibbon \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including Marta Barone's \u003ci\u003eSunken City\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives near Rome.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52646395576627,"sku":"9781635424140","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ngvYUVSDWH9781635424140.webp?v=1762426437","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-innocent-days-of-war-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}