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Author: Helen Barolini

Helen Barolini is the author of twelve books (including CROSSING THE ALPS, MORE ITALIAN HOURS & OTHER STORIES, and CHIAROSCURO: ESSAYS OF IDENTITY) and many stories that have appeared in literary reviews, anthologies, and collections including the annual Best American Essays. In 2008 the Italian edition of her novel Umbertina was awarded the Pemio Acerbi for literature.

Crossing the Alps
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Crossing the Alps

Bordighera Press

Fiction. "In this seminal work, Helen Barolini tells the story of Frances Molletone grappling with her ethnic heritage as she falls in love with a married man. The author takes us to post-WW2 Italy, a little-documented era of turmoil, and we discove...

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More Italian Hours & Other Stories
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More Italian Hours & Other Stories

Bordighera Press

Fiction. "MORE ITALIAN HOURS is an elegant, intelligent and, finally, luminous book"—Carole Maso. "These stories captured my attention from the beginning to the end. Barolini's telling details create the characters so vividly that I felt I could alm...

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Visits
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Visits

Bordighera Press

Fiction. "In her engrossing VISITS, Helen Barolini—the author of the classic "Umbertina" and editor of the equally classic Dream Book—once again explores the complexities of an Italian heritage and an Italian-American futurity. Tracing her protagoni...

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