Presentation of the book by David ransom Petrin, Asiago Sun July 29, 2012 Sunday

Presentation of the book " " by David ransom Petrin, Asiago Sun July 29, 2012

Sunday July 29, 2012, "drink with l ' author" offers the presentation of the book "The redemption" by Marco Petrin.

The ' meeting, organized in cooperation with the Library laws and Dreams of Asiago, will take place at the Central Stage of Asiago .

In case of bad weather, will be held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall.

THE RANSOM

In the late 19th century Padua, social conditioning and the grim poverty obliges Maria to a painful choice: leave small Ottavio – fruit of violence that Victor, the son of the owner, he inflicted – in the care of the pious place where will be educated and raised by a priest lit and sensitive.

From this dramatic event begins the narration that plays in parallel the lives of the three main characters until the succession and l ' incatenarsi unexpected events will put everyone in front of all other ' and all face the truth.

In the narrow end, in a crescendo of narrative tension and emotional, will manifest the unexpected solution of their lives that give them a second chance, a ransom.

The frame is countered and Veneto's polyhedral Risorgimento, cradle of profound peasant poverty, destitution and illiteracy, as well as intellectual and cultural effervescence as well as examples of modern and illuminated the nascent bourgeoisie.

A ' period and an area full of opportunities and wealth, by promises of social mobility and women's empowerment. Discover a territory at times brutal, often fruitful new possibilities, always full of surprises and of humanity.