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Akragas
Andrea Camilleri, The currency Akragas , Skira, 2010 Camilleri say nothing, as well known to all lovers of the yellow and / or television dramas. The currency
Akragas is a long story, released by the publisher Skira, known for publishing catalogs of art exhibitions. Ben for this, I think, the booklet is accompanied by photos of the coin that gives rise to the title, other photos of the destruction witnessed in the city after the earthquake of Messina in 1908, a cover of The Sunday Courier, which documents the unfortunate event, as well as images eighteenth-century paintings or drawings of the area and the monuments dell'agrigentino.
The story begins with the fall of the city of Akragas, then Girgenti, at the hands of the Carthaginians in 406 BC and the dispersion of a bag of gold coins by a survivor on the run from vengeance Carthaginian. Resumed with a jump of more than two thousand years, at the end of December 1908 with the terrible earthquake that destroyed Messina and the discovery of a coin that a farmer wants to give your doctor grateful for the excellent care that was provided. The link of the stories is always the famous coin, a piece unique in the world, which seems to live its own life and then gradually owners. From sod of land that has preserved for centuries will go to a safe and then in the medal count of a character famous ... I will not say more. Only comment, the story, of interest to the reader, perhaps deserved the extent of writing a novel rather than a short story long.
not last item, price, very high for hardcover edition.
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