The Fortunate Pilgrim

Name: The Fortunate Pilgrim
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Mario Puzo
ISBN: 9781423396956

Author: Mario Puzo

Narrator: John Kenneth

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/18/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

Synopsis

Before The Godfather and The Last Don, Mario Puzo wrote The Fortunate Pilgrim, a novel many believe to be one of the classics of Italian-American fiction. In this special edition, Mario Puzo's legions of fans will discover a different side of this legendary author, writing for the first time about an Italian family in which a woman holds the power.Lucia Santa has traveled three thousand miles of dark ocean, from the mountain farms of Italy to the streets of New York, hoping for a better life. Instead, she finds herself in Hell's Kitchen, in a bad marriage, raising six children on her own. As Lucia struggles to hold her family together, her daughter confronts the adult world of work and romance while her eldest son is drawn into the Mafia. Meanwhile, her youngest son aspires to American pursuits she cannot understand.

About Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo was born in New York and, following military service in World War II, attended New York’s New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, The Godfather, has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. He has published several critically acclaimed novels including The Fortunate Pilgrim and The Sicilian. He has also written the screenplays for all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maziyar

ماریو پوزوی کبیر در کتاب مهاجر خوشبخت ما را با جلوه ی دیگر جامعه ایتالیایهای مهاجرآشنا می کند ، در این کتاب نه با جرائم سازمان یافته مافیایی طرف هستیم مانند کتاب پدر خوانده و نه با خلاف های بزرگ و قمارهای کلان یا خرید وفروش مواد مخدر . قهرمانان ما خانواده ی فقیر اما نسبتا با شرفی هستند که روزی خود......more

Goodreads review by Asghar

What's more beautiful than a book that is so personal, so wistful, so poetic, where Puzo is most vulnerable showing this gentle side of himself, where he actually dared to imbibe hope in such an unabashed fashion. All that he was, all that he wanted to be, all his nights, all of his days, all of his......more

Goodreads review by مِستر کثافت درونگرا

پوزو رو با مهاجر خوشبخت بشناسید نه با پدرخوانده بجرات میگم تک تک کلمه های این کتاب براش وقت گذاشته شده که اینجوری منسجم و سرشار از احساس، خانوده، عشق، مرگ و تموم این احساسات رو تو قالب کلمه بهت تقدیم میکنه مرسی اقای پوزو❤️......more

Goodreads review by Lewis

This magnificent novel continues to unfold as each page discloses another dramatic episode in the story of a large Italian immigrant family struggling to make its way in New York's west side in the 1930s and 1940s. I can't claim to remember all the twists and turns, or even all the characters, but f......more