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“The first English translation in more than fifty years of Alessandro Manzoni’s masterpiece, a work of foundational Italian literature on par with the Divine Comedy and the Decameron.”—The Wall Street Journal “An exemplary historical novel” (The New Yorker) from the father of modern...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.

Parfois, on pense trouver refuge, alors que le cauchemar ne fait que commencer. C'est ce dont Luis a fait l'expérience, le jour où il a débarqué sur une plage en apparence déserte, après avoir échappé à la police à coups de rame désespérés. Alors qu'il pensait avoir trouvé refuge sur une île inhabitée, ses explorations lui dévoilent en réalité un lieu étrange, dominé par une villa à la fois somptueuse et inquiétante.

Largely autobiographical, Christ in Concrete opens with the dramatic Good Friday collapse of a building under construction, crucifying in concrete an Italian construction worker, whose death leaves his pregnant wife and eight children impoverished. His oldest son, Paul, at just 12 years old, must take over his father’s role—and his job.