Description
Mount Allegro is an extraordinary memoir, a celebration of Sicilian life, an engaging sociological portrait, a moving reminiscence of a fledgling writer's escape from the restrictive culture in which he grew up. Jerre Mangione's autobiographical chronicle of his youth in a Sicilian community in Rochester is one of the truly enduring books about the immigrant experience in this country. Family squabbles, soul-nourishing food, and the casting of evil eyes are only some of the ingredients of this richly textured book, although they must all take second place to its unforgettable characters. As Eugene Paul Nassar writes in the book's Foreword, Mount Allegro . . . gave a literary visibility and identity, amiable and appealing, to a poorly understood ethnic group in America, and did so at a very high level of artistry.
Author: Patricia Mangione
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 03/01/1998
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.60w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780815604297
ISBN10: 0815604297
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
Author: Patricia Mangione
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 03/01/1998
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.60w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780815604297
ISBN10: 0815604297
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
Jerre Mangione was the former coordinating editor of the Federal Writers' Project and professor emeritus of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of ten books, including The Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943 (reprinted by Syracuse University Press) and An Ethnic at Large.