<p>Romano Bilenchi?s classic coming of age story, never before published in English, is set in northern Tuscany in the 1950s. The small hill towns and rolling Tuscan countryside provide a suggestive and constantly changing backdrop to a story that is thoroughly Italian in its particulars?its smells, sounds and sights?but universal in its themes. Here, the changing seasons stir both the vibrant hues of Bilenchi?s Tuscany and the many moods of his young nameless protagonist. But the abiding atmosphere in this tale is, as the title suggests, wintery. Following the death of his beloved grandfather, a chill has descended upon the teenage narrator of this classic tale, leaving him estranged from friends, family, and eventually even from nature itself? although always vivid and animated, the natural splendor of central Italy becomes increasingly harsh and hostile throughout this story. The protagonist?s growing awareness of his own and others? sexuality leads to a series of difficul</p>

The Chill

Literature & Fiction

Bilenchi, Romano

Contemporary

Europa Editions

La ghisa delle Cure e altri scritti, 1927-1989 (Bilenchiana) (Italian Edition)

Cadmo

Anna e Bruno: Rami di un romanzo inedito (Letteratura) (Italian Edition)

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