An Olive Branch for Sante

Critical praise for Antonio Casellas work Casellas intention is to chart and illuminate undiscovered diffi-cult country... The characters are entirely sometimes shockingly believable and even if they are unlikeable there is a point of under-standing and sympathy to which we are drawn. Helen Elliott The Age MelbourneDream and ritual intersect with the real man define the purpose of things. Walter Tonetto The West AustralianA beautifully crafted novel. Dianne Johnson The Sydney Morning Herald Questa fusione di presente e passato di nuovo e antico di vicino e lon-tano è la nota più caratteristica della scrittura di Antonio Casella. [This fusion of present and past of new and old of proximity and distance is the most important quality of Antonio Casellas writ-ing.] Stefania Greco in Terra e Identità Nella Narrativa Con-temporanea Italo-Australiana dellEmigrazione. 1999 University of BolognaAbout An Olive Branch for SanteAn Olive Branch for Sante presents an excellent and original piece of narrative within the corpus of Australian literature ... The novel is a delight to read. Gaetano Rando University of Wollongong The novel is carefully built and beautifully written. It is the work of an experienced novelist. Guido Bulla University La Sapienza Rome The more I think about this novel the more it poses intellectually provocative possibilities. Van Ikin University of Western Australia