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Victims and Executioners

Simone Malacrida

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Sinopsis

"Victims and Executioners" sketches the tale of two generations that witnessed the inexorable change of Italy and the World.
Starting from the end of World War II and the Resistance movement, the Borgonovo family participates in the post-war reconstruction, the economic boom, and the turbulent and wonderful events of the 1960s, until their conclusion in the following decade, increasingly sharpening the clash between the different generations and the different social parties.
An unspeakable secret will mark the development of their affairs, going on to profoundly alter their existences.
It will be up to the next generation to take provisional stock, having brought to the surface a part of the past truths.

Disponible desde: 18/04/2023.

Longitud de impresión: 537 páginas.

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