{"product_id":"les-folles-esperances-alessandro-mari-1","title":"Used book – The Wild Expectations, Alessandro Mari","description":"\u003cp\u003e1830s: Italy is not yet a nation. While proponents of unification fight from north to south, four characters grapple with their destiny and with history: Colombino the orphan, a naive peasant, who travels to Rome with his mule Astolfo to ask the Pope for a blessing for his union with the beautiful Vittorina; Leda, who, despite herself, goes from convent life to espionage; Lisander, a cynical man with a big heart, an experimental photographer, chasing after fortune and the beautiful eyes of a prostitute; and finally the young Garibaldi, who finds in Brazil the inspiration for his future struggles for Italian unity, but also the love of the voluptuous Aninha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlessandro Mari has written a masterful novel, with modern, powerful and sensual prose, for which he received the prestigious Viareggio Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious fresco that owes as much to Dumas as it does to Pynchon. Fabio Gambaro, Le Monde des livres.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Livre de Poche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072841580885,"sku":"9782253070900","price":2.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9395\/8741\/files\/9782253070900.jpg?v=1751815327","url":"https:\/\/stanoccasion.com\/en\/products\/les-folles-esperances-alessandro-mari-1","provider":"stan'occasion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}