In famiglia. Il lungo viaggio di Perrine

by Hector Malot

Francia, fine Ottocento. La giovane Perrine giunge insieme alla madre malata nella periferia di Parigi. La donna, in fin di vita, fa alla figlia una deve prendere il suo certificato di matrimonio e, con quello, andare subito a Maraucourt. Perrine, sola e senza un soldo in tasca, si mette in cammino. La meta è lontana, soprattutto quando non sai di chi puoi fidarti e dove trovare un riparo per la notte. Perrine impara a cucirsi i vestiti, a fabbricarsi un paio di scarpe, a sopravvivere al buio della notte… E ce la farà!

"Iniziò a sfogliare i «Ce la farò, un po’, molto, del tutto». E così via, scrupolosamente, finché rimasero soltanto pochi petali. Quanti? Non li volle contare, perché il loro numero le avrebbe dato la risposta, ma rapidamente, nonostante la stretta al cuore, li sfogliò."

177 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 17, 2023

About the author

Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.
His first book, published in 1859, was Les Amants. In total Malot wrote over 70 books. By far his most famous book is Sans Famille (Nobody's Boy, 1878), which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the streetmusician Vitalis at age 10. Sans Famille gained fame as a children's book, though it was not originally intended as such.
He announced his retirement as an author of fiction in 1895, but in 1896 he returned with the novel L'amour Dominateur as well as the account of his literary life Le Roman de mes Romans (The Novel of my Novels).