{"product_id":"a-house-in-sicily-by-luisa-adorno","title":"A House in Sicily by Luisa Adorno","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sun soaked, hilarious mediation on family life in mid-century Italy – and one of the most exciting rediscovered classics in years. During WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the weather. And, worst of all, they speak with a nostalgic warmth about the region’s recently overthrown fascist regime…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Ann Goldstein, the world-renowned translator of Elena Ferrante, A House in Sicily is a brilliantly funny, razor sharp examination of family life in the shadow of the darkest period of modern Italian history, and the most exciting rediscovered European classic in decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 224 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781405973908\u003cbr\u003ePublished:14 May 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003eWeight:236g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:215 x 137 x 20 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64662987014493,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781405973908.jpg?v=1778510881","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/a-house-in-sicily-by-luisa-adorno","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}