Oh, América (Largo Recorrido)

by Marcella Olschki

The year was 1946. A young, educated, multilingual arrived in the United States to be reunited with her husband, an American officer whom she married in Italy at the end of the war. Her journey begins on ship filled with the wives of other American soldiers, all doing the same thing. The “abnormality” of that trip could not have been anticipated. Oh, América draws a picture of this era in a lucid and humorous way and shows a nation as large as it is contradictory, representing an entire generation of women that rose through the ruins of World War II. Marcella Olschki may have only written two novels, but they proved to be enough to consider her one of the most notable names in Italian literature of the 20th century.

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2015

About the author

Journalist and writer, she was born in 1921 and died in 2001.

Reviews

[libro_tsundoku · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una narración agradable, para acompañar una tarde invernal.

👉 Al final de la segunda guerra mundial se casan una joven italiana y un militar estadounidense. Reencontrarse con su marido le lleva a emigrar de su tierra.

Aunque hay lugar a la meloncolia, es mucho más brillante su ilusión por el futuro que les espera. El nuevo mundo dará lugar a algunas situaciones divertidas

[Maria Alvarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesante relato autobiográfico de una joven italiana que se casa con un soldado americano en Italia durante la segunda guerra mundial. Ameno y sutil, el relato tiene mucho de libro de viajes, diario y encuentro cultural.

[Rebeca Bermúdez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro bonito y una lectura fácil y rápida