Snag Beneath A Scarlet Sky: A Novel Compiled By Mark Sullivan Publication

book I have read since Wolf of the Plains, best book I have read in a long time, could not put it down well worth the read.
A la espera de que lo publiquen en español, Cómo un adolescente madura durante la guerra, cómo abre los ojos a la realidad de la violencia, la intolerancia y la injusticia.
En todo momento ves que no es ideal sino real, Los personajes son humanos, se equivocan, aprenden, tienen que tomar decisiones difíciles y enfrentarse a malentendidos y posturas extremas.
Gran historia real. The Preface is enough to still your speeding modern mind to get how this author needs to fill you in on the circumstances about his life when the tattered outline of this odyssey was shown to him how researching this true to life memoir swallowed him whole saved his own life.
Inthe hero of this tale was on the brink of manhood, ready to leave school get on w/his life when the German army finally invaded his home town their lives, their law order, their ruler Il Duce everyones dreams hopes came to a standstill.
Caught between the proverbial rock hard place, ordinary working Milanese their children were

waiting the stalled Allied advance north from Sicily as told over forbidden wirelesses via the BBC.
They were also learning how to survive when Nazis their attending Wermacht Army rolled in co opted all living places, food supplies.
Along with all the dramas in hotels apartments with mistresses maids, parents siblings there were the ever present spies collaborators.
This is a novel recounting the truly remembered adventures feelings of teenager Pino Lella as told by theyear old survivor of those lastcrazy years of The War when he was young, healthy, a brilliant skier mountain climber who then had to enlist only to get wounded on his first foray while on medical leave Fate chose him to become a German generals driver in a world gone mad as the Allies pounded their way north forcing the Germans into a destructive retreat.
This was an all round rousing read: held my breath a lot chuckled some wept up a storm.
I have a feeling this will be Mark Sullivans best remembered tale cuz he brings Pino Lella to life in a poetic, heroic fashion a lad in love w/music, cars girls who gets to hear the most sorrowful of dirges the most uplifting of arias he falls in love w/a fleeting stranger then starts mid winter mountain climbing skiing to take city Jews to freedom, the music follows him there too.
He learns to drive his car mechanic friends loaner Italian autos his heart breaks as he watches his family friends struggle his city crumble his life tumble into a pit of despair.
The real adventure is that in his travels with his general Fate is giving him all the information he needs to pass on via his uncle to Partisans up in the mountains who harass confound the invaders at the end of their tether, resources reign.
On these travels all over northern Italy Pino bears witness to hidden tunnels filled with a host of grey ghost slaves preparing underground factories, munitions dumps wonders for which he has no names, all of which he will pass on once back in Milan.
All one breathless blink from discovery, It was hard enough being in the company of a German general who praised his work, his mastery of the automobile, who trusted his translations of Italian into French it was, however, far worse watching his compatriots scrabble to survive, always endangered his lifetime friends shunning him as a coward for not picking up a weapon.
This young man must have burned out his adrenal glands well Bhe waswhile guiding Italian Jews over the Alps to freedom then still a year and a half BVE Day go on, never sleeping regularly, the emotional roller coaster never stopping: finding courage, seduced by excitement, warned by memories of horrific slaughters then he meets the maid to his generals mistress that first love becomes his sacred oasis of music joy sensuality as the pace of his generals inspections as the Allies Germans battle over his homeland demolishing untold castles on hills, ancient cities monasteries filled with great art.
In that final Spring of The War a fever overtakes everyone: the sights, sounds, smells, tastes of war fill Pino up as his general orders repeated drives to one particular place on the border along the Brenner Pass into Austria Pino suspects his general is shipping gold bars out for his escape.
The End of this fine saga reaches its climax amid mis information bad timing, All falls BPinos eyes his heart spirit are broken when he learns he has been played by both sides: his general his country.
Im so glad Sullivan gave us an update as to where everyone we met were by the turn of this century cuz it leaves the reader knowing an eager beaver of a spirit had not worked in vain, had grown immeasurably gone on to live as ordinary life as anyone who lived thru such times could.
A profoundly validating account of one teenagers Coming of Age in a Time of War, I was thrilled, entranced, filled with a doused with sorrow all through I could hear the music to Pino Lellos life.
This ones a keeper, very well done! I love reading and love getting to choose books from but I am neversure Ill get them.
Sometimes the courier ELTA never comes, sometimes the books are stolen, Thus I resort to reading only books I find in stores which are not my first choice as there are not many interesting books for me in Greece in English.
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