In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu: A Novel, by Tony Ardizzone
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The Santuzzus are poor Sicilian farm laborers at the turn of the century who endure back-breaking work in the fields of a tyrannical landlord. Wanting more for their children and grandchildren than a lifetime of servitude, Papa Santuzzu and his wife Adriana push their seven sons and daughters, one by one, to immigrate to La Merica, a land of promise and opportunity.In each chapter of Tony Ardizzone's loving tribute to Sicilian American culture, the Santuzzu siblings tell us about the family and friends they have abandoned in Sicily, the trials of their passage to America, and the uncertain, yet ultimately satisfying lives they build in their adopted home. Interwoven throughout their tales are the traditional folklore and songs of Sicily. In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu is a rich and vibrant addition to our diverse body of immigration literature.
In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu: A Novel, by Tony Ardizzone- Amazon Sales Rank: #1391209 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
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From Publishers Weekly Gathered around a metaphorical campfire, the members of the extended Girgenti clan take turns regaling us in this robust, beguiling novel about family and the immigrant experience in the first half of the 20th century. Ardizzone, the author of two previous novels (Heart of the Order, etc.) and a story collection (Taking It Home: Stories from the Neighborhood), doesn't cleave to conventional narrative hereAeach chapter is a distinct vignette, with occasional overlaps as the characters intersectAso he depends instead on exquisite language and anecdotal charm to propel the narrative. The cumulative effect is of a kind of Sicilian Canterbury Tales, rich with fable and folklore and religion even as it traces a familiar pattern of immigrants struggling to survive in a hostile new world. One by one Papa Santuzzu sends his seven children off to "La Merica," while he remains in Sicily with his dead wife and his hard patch of garden dirt. But the gesture, intended to save his family from a life of poverty, inevitably drives them apart; in America, the siblings scatter from coast to coast and reunite only when fate and an unexpected funeral pull them back together. The novel, then, becomes a eulogy for a lost culture. Ardizzone nods to traditional immigrant tales: scenes of Ellis Island, sweatshops and brutal discrimination at the hands of the upper class. But the book's lasting power derives less from its pointed, perfunctory snapshots than from Ardizzone's sharp metaphors: when the police shoot a striking worker, for instance, she makes "a bird's nest of her thin, white fingers" to cover her wound; for most readers, that bird's nest will linger longer than the unjust death. Agent, Kit Ward. (July) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal Ardizzone's third novel is not your typical immigrant story. When the seven children of Papa Santuzzu emigrate from rural Sicily to La Merica, they do so one or two or three at a time. This allows Ardizzone, better known for short stories (Larabi's Ox, LJ 9/15/96), to travel back and forth in time and geography, relating magical homeland stories as preludes to immigrant realism. In Sicily, dreams mix with visions, folktales overtake events, witches cast spells on landowners, dogs and wolves talk, and ewes give birth to 87,000 human children. In the end, Santuzzu's grandson returns to the "garden," where Santuzzu will live again, time bending back on itself through the family's history. Ardizzone's fascinating work is an intriguing addition to the smallish group of Italian immigrant novels. More literary than literal, the book reads as if told by ghosts around an open fire. Recommended for literary and Italian American collections.AHarold Augenbraum, Mercantile Lib. of New YorkCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“The author must have sat at the knees of beloved grandmothers and aunts to learn these tales....At the end we feel we've sat at the table of a family that has lived the transformation of the Old World into the New in every fiber of their bones.” ―Thomas Simpson, Chicago Tribune
“Lusty, whimsical, and reverent...Like tributaries into a slow and relentless river, [the Santuzzus'] stories merge with Old World folk tales, Catholic miracle lore and the darker realities of American history.” ―Dan Carpenter, The Indianapolis Star
“Robust, beguiling...rich with fable and folklore and religion.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Fascinating...reads as if told by ghosts around an open fire.” ―Library Journal
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful. It's Mama's Garden, too! By Terry Baraldi It always amazes me when a male author can cross the gender line and write from a profoundly feminine point of view. Using the voices of husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, Tony Ardizzone teaches us the simple wisdom that underlies all the folktales and traditions heard since childhood at family feasts and gatherings. Now you will know why we pray to St Anthony when we lose something, or why we "make the horns"just so.But what was most surprising and unexpected was Mr. Ardizzone's feminist take on the goings on in Heaven. Who doesn't know that Mama is the power behind the throne?Because this book is written as a series of vignettes, it can be read straight through or chapter by chapter. Whichever route you take, you will return to it again and again. A keeper.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Whimsical writing, shared stories By J. Raimo This book satisfies that part of me that loves short stories, the part that loves novels, and the part that loves series--for it is all of those things wrapped in one. With it's intertwined, yet distinct stories told in the voice of each of Papa Santuzzu's family members, you learn all about this vibrant Sicilian family's trials and triumphs both in Sicily and "La Merica." I especially enjoyed the perspective that one family member would sometimes give to another's story. Some sections are stronger than others, but most surely hit their mark. The book is written in a fable-y style that reminded me a bit of some of Salman Rushdie's work (especially Haroun and the Sea of Stories), while the intertwined story structure reminded me of another wonderful book, A Place Where the Sea Remembers, by Sandra Benitez. Enjoy this book, and pass it on.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating read about three generations of Sicilian family By A Customer The novel is really a series of inter-related short stories about the Santuzzu family of Sicily. Beginning with Papa Santuzzu, the novel follows the immigration of each of his children to the United States. Each chapter is told by different members of the Santuzzu family as they survive harsh lives in Sicily through their journies to America and into lives in a new country. Each chapter reveals information about the family. Sometimes stories are repeated but they are told by a different family member, thus allowing varying viewpoints to be explored. The novel really begins to cook with the chapter "Cavadduzzo's of Cicero" and is at its richest in the chapter "Black Madonna." Ardizzone has a wonderful knack for probing the depths of emotional pain to reveal the beauty in lives spent in struggle. Readers who like this book should get Ardizzone's earlier work, "Larabi's Ox." It's an excellent read and gives an exquisite glimpse into the author's talent that is so evident in "In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu."
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