num_pages: 295
description: ITALIAN STORIES pays homage to the Italian-American experience, celebrating an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx in the 1940s and mourning the loss of a righ ethnic identity when the next generation moves to the suburbs. With stories that are both melancholy and comic, Papaleo explores the contradictory desires of assimilation: his characters want to live the life of the average American while maintaining a link to their rich heritage. At the same time, Papaleo rails against the damaging stereotypes of Italian-Americans propogated by the media in popular films and television programs.
language: English
title: Italian Stories
titlecomplete: Italian Stories (American Literature)
ratings_count: 17
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: American Book Award
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press