Summary of The Mussolini Canal
“The Mussolini Canal” is a historical novel that tells the story of a peasant family in the 1930s who are relocated from Northern Italy to the Pontine Marshes, south of Rome, to farm the newly drained swamps. The novel follows the Peruzzi family, including their Fascist sympathies during Mussolini’s regime.
Reasons to read The Mussolini CanalÂ
“The Mussolini Canal” recounts the daily lives of the Peruzzi family, interweaving their experiences with the broader events of Italian history in the first half of the 20th century. The novel was a bestseller in Italy and won several prestigious awards, such as the Strega Prize (Premio Strega) in 2010 and the Acqui Award (Premio Acqui Storia) for Historical Novel in the same year.
Original title: Canale Mussolini
Year of publication: 2010
Nr of pages: 460
