{"product_id":"the-immigrants-moreno-giovannoni-9781760645267","title":"The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis, or A Wonderful Story","description":"A story of love, dreams, exile and tragedy, told with heartbreaking beauty\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Although if they are asked before they die, they all say they came here for a better life, they do not always find a better life, do they?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Victorian town of Mitrefò, tobacco is grown, an Italian cinema and café open, and people travel back and forth from Italy. A boy fishes, wanders the countryside and watches a community form, with its joys, scandals and shared understandings. Interspersed are the 'grotesques' - indelible and terrible events that sit alongside the better future they all seek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Immigrants, Moreno Giovannoni depicts a family as they build a new life in a strange land. Through love and exile, industry and tragedy, their unspoken dreams and fears unfold in this astonishing and moving book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Fireflies of Autumn\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I can't remember ever reading anything quite like it. It thrilled me, and made me laugh, and moved me very deeply.' -Helen Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There is immense beauty in this book, and there is great sadness and there is genuine tenderness. I can't recall when I was last thrilled by a book as I am by this one.' -Christos Tsiolkas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I have never read a migrant tale so original, so breathtaking in scope, or so magical.' -Alice Pung\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moreno Giovannoni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760645265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760645267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.67d","brand":"Moreno Giovannoni","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47040143851775,"sku":"9781760645267","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca87d59e-211d-4f1f-9f39-a7f2d6e9b39d.jpg?v=1752753688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-immigrants-moreno-giovannoni-9781760645267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}