Dino's Story

From a tiny isolated village to the high art of Florence <i>Dino's Story: A Novel of 1960s Tuscany</i> completes the sweeping narrative of A Tuscan Trilogy. A boy just born in the first novel of the trilogy comes to Florence to study art and in this tumultuous decade of change he is himself transformed as a devastating flood ruins not only works of art but also the lives of the poor and helpless.<p> In the first of the trilogy <i>The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany</i> terrified villagers confront seemingly insurmountable dangers while trapped in a farmhouse during the German occupation of 1944. In the second <i>Sparrow's Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany</i> set in 1955 a guilt-ridden partisan relentlessly pursues the collaborator of one of the worst massacres in Italy during World War II.<p> Martha Bergland author of <i>A Farm Under a Lake</i> calls <i>Dino's Story</i> a fascinating inside look at Florence through the eyes of Paul Salsini's warm and complex characters. I couldn't put it down. Lawrence Baldassaro Professor Emeritus of Italian and Comparative Literature University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found it an intriguing coming-of-age tale. <i>Dino's Story</i> is a seamless and conclusive sequel to the first two volumes of Paul Salsini's Tuscan trilogy. Once again Salsini combines meticulous research a keen eye for detail and narrative dexterity.