The force of the past
Subtitle: a novel
By: Sandro Veronesi ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen
Contributors: McEwen, Alastair
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780066212456
Subjects: Fathers and sons; Identity (Philosophical concept); Fiction
Work titles: Forza del passato
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.