F.G. Paci : Essays on His Works

by Joseph Pivato (Editor)

Frank Paci has been called one of the fathers of Italian-Canadian writing. His book, The Italians, was the first English novel to deal with the experience of Italian immigrants in Canada. Since 1978 Paci has chronicled this experience in powerful realistic narratives which have inspired other writers. The essays collected in this volume deal with some of Paci's eight novels and explore several literary themes, moral questions and philosophical preoccupations of this little known author - from the introduction by Joseph Pivato. Essays by Caterina Edwards, Roberta Sciff-Zamaro, Enoch Panofsky, Anna Carlevaris, Marino Tuzi, Gaetano Rando and Joseph Pivato. A brief biography of F. G. Paci, and an interview in three parts by C. D. Minni and Joseph Pivato are included.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Marilena · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good analysis of the works of an Italian-Canadian writer of great value with focus on migration, identity crisis and solving of confusion when it comes to defining oneself, the need to go overseas, family as the most fundamental social unit. I am very grateful to Professor Pivato for this introduction to Paci (who will have an important place in my thesis too). But I must get Paci's novels now...OK...