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‘Do yourself a favour and read this wonderful book’ Scotsman Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence and lies. No one expects Dasha and Masha to live...

Her story sheds light on a little-known segment of a 20th-century diaspora, a mass-exodus from Europe by some "huddled masses yearning to be free". This oppressed group fled the dire poverty of Sicily and southern Italy to endure a subsistence lifestyle bestowed by the owners of the coal mining industry and early American factories. She was surrounded by a clan of families.

Questo volume contiene lo scritto di mio pugno buttato giu durante gli ultimi giorni di vita di mia madre e quelli immediatamente successivi. Le motivazioni di questa scelta sono di natura catartica, di elaborazione ma anche di documentazione e condivisione. Possedendo uno spirito fondamentalmente umanista, questo e per me il modo migliore per ricordare, celebrare e condannare.