The ice-cream makers
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ernest van der Kwast ; translated from Dutch by Laura Vroomen
Contributors: Vroomen, Laura, translator
Edition: First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: 37 Ink, Atria
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781501159398
Subjects: Poets; Ice cream industry; Fiction
Work titles: Ijsmakers
Description: In the far north of Italy lies the valley of the ice-cream makers: about a dozen villages where, for generations, people have specialised in making ice cream. Giuseppe Talamini claims it was actually invented here. Every spring his family sets off for the ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, returning to the mountains only in winter.Eldest son Giovanni Talamini decides to break with this tradition by pursuing a literary career. But then one day his younger brother Luca approaches him with a highly unusual request. Now Giovanni faces a dilemma: serve the family's interests one last time or choose his own path in life, once and for all.
Notes: Translation from the Dutch of: Ijsmakers.