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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Paradiso : A Novel
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'In 1880 three hundred Italian peasants abandon the fields of Veneto to follow a dream. They join an expedition to establish a utopian colony in the islands of the Pacific. Wealth, independence and liberty await them.

'The venture is a disaster. The expedition leaders abandon them, the dream disintegrates. Struggling to survive in the jungles of New Guinea, the Italians are desperate to escape. Australia beckons but unseen events threaten to frustrate their quest for liberty.

'The story is told through the eyes of two children in the context of the poverty of 1880s Italy, and the final days of the Great War in 1918. It is a tale of emigrant hope, betrayal and resilience, and Australia’s response to a group of 19th Century refugees.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication :

    To my father for the story

    To my mother for the words

    To my great-grandparents, Lorenzo and Maria, for their bravery

  • Epigraph : "Obviously our life would have an entirely different aspect if it were told in our dialect." - Italo Stevo, Zeno's Conscience. 1923

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brisbane, Queensland,: AndAlso Books , 2021 .
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      Extent: 345p.p.
      Description: illus., maps
      Note/s:
      • Publication Date: 08 July 2021
      ISBN: 9780648905110

Works about this Work

Steve Capelin, 'Paradiso: A Novel' Richard Newsome , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 30 no. 1 2023; (p. 138-139)

— Review of Paradiso : A Novel Steve Capelin , 2021 single work novel
Steve Capelin, 'Paradiso: A Novel' Richard Newsome , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , vol. 30 no. 1 2023; (p. 138-139)

— Review of Paradiso : A Novel Steve Capelin , 2021 single work novel
Last amended 30 Jun 2023 12:39:11
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
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    Australia,
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