The Courtyard of Dreams
Published on 13. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-59954-230-0 (ISBN)
Description
"A first novel of great charm that attempts to penetrate the unique genius of the Italian family, both in Italy and in its American version. Here, a first-generation American teenager summers with her relatives in Calabria, and finds within the sanctuary of family not only an acceptance of her passionate 17-year-old self, but a view into the harsh past of her father, whom she adores and from whom she yearns to be free." -Kirkus Reviews
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59954-230-0 (9781599542300)
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ANNA MONARDO grew up in Pittsburgh, with strong ties to her Calabrian family. The Courtyard of Dreams was originally published by Doubleday in 1993 and is reissued by Bordighera Press as follow-up to the 2024 publication of Monardo's "After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage.""The Courtyard of Dreams" was selected as a New York Public Library 1994 Book for the Teen Age; translated into German, Norwegian, and Danish; featured in the Selected Shorts reading series at Symphony Space in New York City; nominated for a PEN/Hemingway Award; and recommended for the National Book Critics Circle Awards. Excerpts from Monardo's second novel, "Falling In Love with Natassia" (Doubleday 2006), first appeared in Prairie Schooner and were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Her work has been anthologized in "The Dream Book Anthology of Writing by Italian American Women," "Five Years of Fourth Genre," and "A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers." Excerpts from "After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage" were published in Cimarron Review, Creative Nonfiction, Exquisite Pandemic, Fourth Genre, Hotel Amerika, More, The New York Times, and Ovunque Siamo.Monardo's fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in The Sun, Birmingham Poetry Review, HuffPost, Indiana Review, Poets & Writers, and other magazines and journals. A recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the Djerassi Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, as well as three fellowships from the Nebraska Arts Council, she is professor emerita in the Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Visit annamonardo.com