Terra Firma.Terra Firma Clara Orban Florida Academic Press PO Box 540, Gainesville, FL 32602-0540 1890357197 $24.95 352-332-5104 The second place winner for the CNW/FFWA Award for Fiction in 2003, Terra Firma is a novel about the suffering of pre-World War Italian and Hungarian families that pushed them to emigrate em·i·grate intr.v. em·i·grat·ed, em·i·grat·ing, em·i·grates To leave one country or region to settle in another. See Usage Note at migrate. to America, and the reconciliation of an American daughter with the past of her proud ancestors Ancestors See also father; heredity; mother; origins; parents; race. archaism an inclination toward old-fashioned things, speech, or actions, especially those of one’s ancestors. Also archaicism. — archaist, n. . The debut novel of Clara Orban (professor of French and Italian at DePaul University DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. , Chicago), Terra Firma is a rich interconnection between Old World Europe and the hectic modern day, and also a contemplation Contemplation Compleat Angler, The Izaak Walton’s classic treatise on the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [Br. Lit.: The Compleat Angler] Thinker, The sculpture by Rodin, depicting contemplative man. of the searches for independence, meaning, roots and balance in life both then and now. Highly recommended. |
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