The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance
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Author: G Franco Romagnoli
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the "Balilla"--Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his "palazzo," he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided German mop-up operations--despite being sold out by his most trusted of friends. But this is much more than a war story. Lyrical in language, rich in sentimentality, and possessing the magic of a classic Fellini film, Romagnoli's memoir is a charmingly told tale of the search for manhood and the bonds of family and friendship." "
Author: G Franco Romagnoli
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the "Balilla"--Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his "palazzo," he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided German mop-up operations--despite being sold out by his most trusted of friends. But this is much more than a war story. Lyrical in language, rich in sentimentality, and possessing the magic of a classic Fellini film, Romagnoli's memoir is a charmingly told tale of the search for manhood and the bonds of family and friendship." "
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: G Franco Romagnoli
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the "Balilla"--Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his "palazzo," he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided German mop-up operations--despite being sold out by his most trusted of friends. But this is much more than a war story. Lyrical in language, rich in sentimentality, and possessing the magic of a classic Fellini film, Romagnoli's memoir is a charmingly told tale of the search for manhood and the bonds of family and friendship." "
Author: G Franco Romagnoli
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the "Balilla"--Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his "palazzo," he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided German mop-up operations--despite being sold out by his most trusted of friends. But this is much more than a war story. Lyrical in language, rich in sentimentality, and possessing the magic of a classic Fellini film, Romagnoli's memoir is a charmingly told tale of the search for manhood and the bonds of family and friendship." "
The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance
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