Lives of the Saints

Lives of the Saints

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name = Lives of the Saints
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image_caption = Cover of the 3rd edition of "Lives of the Saints"
author = Nino Ricci
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country = Canada
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Cormorant Books, 3rd edition (March 5, 2003).
release_date = September, 1990.
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 248 p. (Paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 1-896-95143-0
preceded_by = N/A. First work by the author.
followed_by = In a Glass House

"Lives of the Saints" is a novel by Nino Ricci. It is the first book by Nino Ricci, and the first part of a trilogy. The other two books are "In a Glass House" and "Where She Has Gone".The book was written in 1990 and was the winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for fiction.

ynopsis

Vittorio Innocente's father, Mario, has immigrated to Canada, though originally believed to be America, to pave the way for the rest of family to come. Little Vittorio doesn't understand why the neighbors disapprove of his mother, but suspects it has something to do with the man she was with in the stable on the morning she was bitten by the snake. But it becomes clear that it is Cristina’s independence of mind and rejection of superstition that offend the peasant values in this remote village in post-war Italy. In the miniseries Vittorio seeks comfort from his teacher aunt Teresa "La Maestra", who unlike the neighbors, sympathizes with Vittorio, and consoles him. Aunt Teresa, hides Cristina when she becomes visibly pregnant while her husband is away, and helps Vitorrio understand life through stories in a book she gave him called "Lives of the Saints", while in the novel Zia Lucia (Aunt Teresa) is a completely different character than "La Maestra". Cristina and Vittorio depart to Canada to meet Mario, but the mother dies on the ship giving birth to Vittorio's sister Rita.

Book themes:Coming of age of the male artist

Main characters

*Vittorio
*Cristina

Television adaptation

"Lives of the Saints" (2004) was made a television miniseries in an Italian-Canadian co-production starring Sophia Loren, Fabrizio Filippo, Jessica Paré, Sabrina Ferilli, Kris Kristofferson and Nick Mancuso.

The miniseries has won 3 awards and 6 nominations.

ee also

*Nino Ricci.
*1990 Governor General's Awards.

External links

* [http://www.ninoricci.com/ Official website of Nino Ricci]
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