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A Hometown I Can't Leave Behind
General Fiction留不下的故乡
(italian) Marco Balzano
Everything was submerged except for half of the church bell tower. Under the water is her former hometown... Trina, a country girl who graduated from a normal school, is a dreamer who is willing to stay in her hometown because of love. However, her ordinary dreams - to teach in her mother tongue, to raise her husband and children, and to live in her hometown forever - were shattered one by one in the process of experiencing changes in the ownership of her hometown, the fascist war and modernization... The author uses a calm writing style to tell the story of a woman's ordinary and extraordinary life. There is no betrayal, no right or wrong, just the ruthless giant wheel of the times. Nowadays, everything in my hometown rests under the waveless water. Only words can retain those things that are destined to be left behind.
Everything was submerged except for half of the church bell tower. Under the water is her former hometown... Trina, a country girl who graduated from a normal school, is a dreamer who is willing to stay in her hometown because of love. However, her ordinary dreams - to teach in her mother tongue, to raise her husband and children, and to live in her hometown forever - were shattered one by one in the process of experiencing changes in the ownership of her hometown, the fascist war and modernization... The author uses a calm writing style to tell the story of a woman's ordinary and extraordinary life. There is no betrayal, no right or wrong, just the ruthless giant wheel of the times. Nowadays, everything in my hometown rests under the waveless water. Only words can retain those things that are destined to be left behind.