Daniel Speck: Bella Germania

Munich, 2014. Talented German fashion designer Julia has finally achieved great success. After years of hard work, she has won Milan Fashion Week. But the price of this hard-won success is too high — no personal life, always just work, not a single opportunity to slow down and look around. It is at this moment that an unfamiliar old German man appears in her life, introducing himself as her paternal grandfather. But Julia’s father is Italian...
Milan, 1954. Young German engineer Vincent arrives at a car factory to test a new Italian model. The last thing he thinks is that this trip will not only change his fate but also become the beginning of the love and drama of his life. Young Giulietta, who moved to Milan from a remote Sicilian village, is full of hope and even ambitions to become a fashion designer, but she grew up in the shadow of medieval traditions.
Sicily, 1968. Young Vincenzo travels from Munich to his parents' homeland, where time seems to have stood still. It is the last summer of his childhood, and neither he nor his relatives yet know that in a few years, an incredible drama will shatter their difficult but prosperous life into tiny fragments.
A grand German-Italian family saga spanning three generations, two countries, three different attitudes toward life, and three dramas. A story of family, love, betrayal, and redemption unfolds against the picturesque backdrop of Sicilian vineyards, the turbulent political life of Germany, and the glamour of fashionable Milan. A novel by one of Germany's most popular writers today, full of subtle irony toward the Germans and love for Italy.

Author: Daniel Speck

Pages: 576 (offset). Hardcover

Dimensions: 220x150x40 mm