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Simon & Schuster
March 2015
On Sale: February 24, 2015
Featuring: Etto; Yuri Fil; Zhuki
336 pages
ISBN: 1451667124
EAN: 9781451667127
Kindle: B00A281446
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From PEN/Hemingway award winner Brigid Pasulka, the
“charming…refreshing tale” (The New York Times Book Review)
of a widowed butcher and his son whose losses are
transformed into love in a small town on the Italian Riviera. In the seaside village of San Benedetto, twenty-two-year-old
Etto finds himself adrift. Within the past year, Etto has
not only lost both his twin brother and his mother, but in
his grief has become estranged from his father, the local
butcher. While his father passes the time with the men of
the town in the fine tradition of Italian men everywhere—a
reverential obsession with soccer—Etto retreats ever further
from his day-to-day life, seeking solace in the hills above
the town. But then a Ukrainian soccer star, the great Yuri Fil, sweeps
into San Benedetto, taking refuge himself from an
international scandal. Soon Yuri and his captivating sister
Zhuki invite Etto into their world of sport, celebrity,
loyalty, and humor. Under their influence, Etto begins to
reconstruct his relationship with his father and, slowly,
open himself back up to the world. Who knows: perhaps the
game of soccer isn’t just a waste of time, and perhaps San
Benedetto, his father, love, and life itself might have more
to offer him than he ever believed possible. “Full of light and surprising grace, [The Sun and Other
Stars] is both a poetic coming-of-age story and a poignant
examination of the nature of family and belonging” (The
Boston Globe). It is a gorgeous, celebratory novel about
families, compromise, and community, a big-hearted
masterpiece that showcases a writer at the joyful height of
her talents.
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