What people are saying about The Roselli Cantata:
“Written with the strength and simplicity of a folk tale. Maulucci has a fine grasp of Italian American life . . . . powerful images. I thought of Cavaliera Rusticana and Pagliacci . . . This book has the same verismo.”
— Eugene Mirabelli, author of The Passion of Terri Heart and The World at Noon
"Swiftly told poetic prose."
"Maulucci has a gift for storytelling."
"Capturing fear, ignorance, respect, family, love, hate, and peasant spirituality, Maulucci paints a picture that is multi-dimensional.
— Voices in Italian Americana (VIA), Fall 2001
"A compelling new novel. The storytelling is unmistakably, irrepressibly, beguilingly Italian."
— The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Maulucci is enormously gifted."
— Don Gastwirth, New Haven attorney and literary agent
"Maulucci is a strong writer with much to say."
— Robert Giroux, legendary New York publisher with Farrar, Straus & Giroux
“Written with the strength and simplicity of a folk tale. Maulucci has a fine grasp of Italian American life . . . . powerful images. I thought of Cavaliera Rusticana and Pagliacci . . . This book has the same verismo.”
— Eugene Mirabelli, author of The Passion of Terri Heart and The World at Noon
"Swiftly told poetic prose."
"Maulucci has a gift for storytelling."
"Capturing fear, ignorance, respect, family, love, hate, and peasant spirituality, Maulucci paints a picture that is multi-
— Voices in Italian Americana (VIA), Fall 2001
"A compelling new novel. The storytelling is unmistakably, irrepressibly, beguilingly Italian."
— The San Diego Union-
"Maulucci is enormously gifted."
— Don Gastwirth, New Haven attorney and literary agent
"Maulucci is a strong writer with much to say."
— Robert Giroux, legendary New York publisher with Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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