The Fortunate Pilgrim
Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
3.7
Mario Puzo
FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GODFATHER - "A classic... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language, its penetrating insights, and its mixture of tenderness and rage." - New York Times Book ReviewDescribed by the author as his "best and most literary book." Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.The book's hero, Lucia Santa, is an incredibly captivating character and based on Puzo's very own mother - he describes, "her wisdom, her ruthlessness, and her unconquerable love for her family and for life itself, qualities not valued in women at the time."
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Author
Mario Puzo
Pages
304
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2004-09-28
ISBN
0345480708 9780345480705
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"@paigelilovesbooks yes! I read it for a class and fell in love with this book. There’s lots of great themes that come up like a strong mother figure, poverty, etc. Overall, i thought it was an interesting book that centered on an Italian-American family and their struggles/experience in the old tenements that once existed in New York :) "
Vanessa Abrego
