Vita
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Melania G. Mazzucco ; translated from the Italian by Virginia Jewiss
Contributors: Jewiss, Virginia
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780374284954
Subjects: Italians; Fiction
Work titles: Vita
Description: Arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy, Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine, struggle to surive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime of Italy.