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books In Sync recognizes an author second-year A. Colin Wright

About the author: A. Colin Wright was born and raised in Chelmsford, Essex, England. After serving as a linguist in the British Royal Air Force, Wright attended the University of Cambridge, where he obtained undergraduate degrees and graduate. In 1961, he lived for six months in Sassari, Sardinia, the following year, by a longer period in Reggio Calabria. He speaks six languages fluently enough (including Italian), and may fall along two others. In 1964 he was appointed professor Russian at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He stayed in the Queen until his retirement in 1999 and still resides there today. Mr. Wright is married and has two adult son.

"Based on his own time on Sardinia, Wright and often exciting recent Sardinian Silver hilarious novel follows the exploits of a young man tries to find love while assimilating to an archaic society Orthodox. Sardinia in the 1960s was still very underdeveloped culture: the people consulted continent and continental Italians (the British are among them) as immoral and contaminated by modern society.

Features: Silver Sardinian A. Colin Wright

For Arthur Fraser a young Englishman, Sardinia in 1960 is perfect. It's an island full of Roman ruins, exotic scenery, local customs, traditional and moral values, He loves everything. To assimilate into the strange and belong to a society different from his has always been his desire. Arthur arrives at the station town of Alghero to work as a representative of a tourism business. His ambition is to find a girl for himself Sard. It soon thwarted, however, by the orthodox beliefs of the inhabitants. Unmarried couples can not meet without escorts, and all those "continental" attitude is immoral. Arthur quickly learned that dating is fraught with real dangers. When Arthur finally fell in love with Anna, a young girl Sard, he discovers she lives in Rome and are no longer accepted at home. But she then falls in love with one of his best friends, and Arthur becomes irrationally obsessed. He constantly schemes to win back her affections, despite his efforts to dissuade. Silver Sardinia, the author masterfully evokes a Wright mysterious society, its people flaming and the beauty of the island. As Arthur, you never want to leave Sardinia, with its wide sands, low hills, sun and blue sea and its superficial charm of life.

Book Details:

publisher: iUniverse (October 28, 2008)

ISBN-10: 0595481000

ISBN-13: 978-0595481002

paperback: 196 pages

Language: English

Dimensions Product: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches

Genre: fiction

Paperback Price: $ 14.95

E-Book Price: $ 6.00

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