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"Shortly after his father's death, Gianni Orzan reaches the disturbing conclusion that his father did not love him. Aloof and dismissive, Maurizio Orzan seldom had anything to say to his son. Moreover, he was a staunch fascist." "Or so Gianni thought. Then comes the day he's contacted by a complete stranger who has a disquieting familiarity with his life. In what amounts to kidnapping, the stranger pursues an urgent mission: to convince Gianni that the father he knew was an illusion: that Maurizio was, in fact, a double agent for the KGB." "What is Gianni to believe? If this stranger's revelations are true, they threaten to destroy Gianni's steadfast beliefs about his father's shameful, self-created identity and promise to send his life crashing down around him"--Dust jacket.
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The Force of the Past, Sandro Veronesi
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- The Force of the Past
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sandro Veronesi
- Publisher
- Ecco Press
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 230
- ISBN10
- 0066212456
- ISBN13
- 9780066212456
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Southern Europe, Italy, Secrets, Memories, Italian Literature, Genealogy, Lies, Tolerance
- Original title
- La forza del passato
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "Shortly after his father's death, Gianni Orzan reaches the disturbing conclusion that his father did not love him. Aloof and dismissive, Maurizio Orzan seldom had anything to say to his son. Moreover, he was a staunch fascist." "Or so Gianni thought. Then comes the day he's contacted by a complete stranger who has a disquieting familiarity with his life. In what amounts to kidnapping, the stranger pursues an urgent mission: to convince Gianni that the father he knew was an illusion: that Maurizio was, in fact, a double agent for the KGB." "What is Gianni to believe? If this stranger's revelations are true, they threaten to destroy Gianni's steadfast beliefs about his father's shameful, self-created identity and promise to send his life crashing down around him"--Dust jacket.