Project Gutenberg 2015-03-02 Public domain in the USA. 142 Corradini, Enrico 1868 1931 La Patria lontana Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "La Patria lontana" by Enrico Corradini is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers on themes of nationalism, identity, and the immigrant experience, particularly showcasing the lives of Italian emigrants as they adapt to and reconcile their identities in South America. The characters include Piero Buondelmonti, a politically motivated writer, and Jacopo Axerio, a professor, who engage in debates about patriotism and the challenges faced by those who have left their homeland. The opening of the novel introduces us to a lively discussion among several Italian expatriates aboard the ship "Atlantide." The conversation explores the tension between personal feeling of Italian identity and the economic realities of emigration, sparked by the interaction between Buondelmonti and the professor Axerio. Their disagreements lead to broader reflections on nationalism and the changing dynamics of identity in a globalized world. As they navigate their transatlantic journey, various tensions—cultural, ideological, and interpersonal—begin to unfold, setting the stage for the complexities of their experiences in Brazil. The opening effectively establishes a backdrop of intellectual discourse amid the chaotic human experience of migration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Italian fiction PQ Text IT Romanzi Category: Novels 373802 2025-07-19T11:28:48.643168 text/html 351306 2024-10-24T17:05:41 text/html 225027 2025-07-19T11:28:53.609106 application/epub+zip 222065 2025-07-19T11:28:49.409152 application/epub+zip 222065 2025-07-19T11:28:49.026153 application/epub+zip 315057 2025-07-19T11:28:56.727138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288797 2025-07-19T11:28:52.834140 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289128 2022-09-22T04:08:24.991945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341147 2025-07-19T11:28:48.284167 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 321294 2024-10-24T17:05:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16979 2025-07-19T11:28:56.855094 application/rdf+xml 10437 2025-07-19T11:28:49.106126 image/jpeg 2151 2025-07-19T11:28:49.066131 image/jpeg 196540 2025-07-19T11:28:48.677135 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia