The Fortunate Pilgrim
by Mario Puzo
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Author: Mario PuzoEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-28
ISBN: 0345476727
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Not The Average Italian Immigrant Story
Summary: 5 Stars
Thanks in part of authors like Puzo, our vision of the turn of the century Italian immigrant involves the Mafia. While this is no exception, the role is minimal, the afterthought that one would expect when reading about a family just trying to survive together in the face of multiple disasters.
Puzo creates wonderful characters, and plants the reader so firmly into their lives, it's nearly impossible not to become invested in the ups and downs player experiences. This book also does a good job of creating a contrast between what poverty means today, and what it meant during the 1920's and 30's.
If you enjoyed the "Godfather," or any other Italian-American fiction, this is a must-read. It will give you the other side of the Mafia-based story, the one where a mother simply tries to feed her children and give them a better life on the way.
Summary of The Fortunate Pilgrim
efore The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.From the Hardcover edition.
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