Vita

Melania G. Mazzucco

first published 2003 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005

La Scala

Arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy, Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine, struggle to surive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime of Italy.

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This book in English

Virginia Jewiss 2 printings we hold · 2005–2006 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Editions we hold

Vita edition · 2006 · Thorndike Press
Vita edition · 2006 · HarperPerennial · 433 pages · 9780006385288
Vita paperback · 2006 · Picador · 448 pages · 9780312425869
Vita paperback · 2005 · Anagrama · 9788433970510
Vita edition · 2005 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 433 pages · 9780374284954
Vita edition · 2005 · Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429974264
Vita hardcover · 2005 · Farrar Straus Giroux · 9780002007177
Vita edition · 2004 · Flammarion · 441 pages · 9782080685902
Vita edition · 2004 · FLAMMARION · 9782890772700
Vita edition · 2003 · Rizzoli · 397 pages

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