Dominic Smith

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1) The last painting of Sara de Vos

Author

Smith, Dominic

Series

Thorndike Press large print basic

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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"This is what we long for: the profound pleasure of being swept into vivid new worlds, worlds peopled by characters so intriguing and real that we can't shake them, even long after the reading's done. In his earlier, award-winning novels, Dominic Smith demonstrated a gift for coaxing the past to life. Now, in The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, he deftly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape...

2) Return to Valetto

Author

Smith, Dominic

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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The story of an heir's return to an abandoned town in Italy, the secrets of the family who stayed, and the long shadow of fascism and collaboration in World War II-- On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving village that survived centuries of earthquakes and landslides and became a hub of resistance and refuge during World War II, it has since been nearly abandoned, as residents sought better lives elsewhere. Only ten remain, including...