Mola di Bari - Brooklyn. Andata e Ritorno

«È un libro destinato a suscitare grande interesse: in chi non è personalmente investito del fenomeno, ma vorrebbe saperne di più. Indica nella verità della loro esperienza, nella loro discreta, celata, grandezza dʼanimo, nella loro autenticità». Per G. Papapietro e Jerry Krase: Anguish, pain, fatigue, humiliation, endurance, hope, nostalgia, fear, solitary rebellion. These are the sentimental ghosts that incessantly pass on the screen of the soul of every Italian, southern, emigrant in the United States of America, today as fifty years ago. As perhaps even a century ago, and even more. That emigration has changed in recent decades, and is still changing. But, first of all, tell. Of the Italian emigrants in America! It is a book destined to arouse great interest: in those who are not personally invested in the phenomenon, but would like to know more. And in those who live or have lived in emigration, to whom the book lends elements of self-science. V. D'Acquaviva who was its protagonist and victim, follows its social and economic paths; he detects the variations with an almost scientific attention; inform the unaware, explain to those who allow themselves to be deceived by appearances. But, first of all, tell. His book flows between autobiography and critical reflection, between personal experience and historical notation...from the narration of the particular story to all...