Helene Stapinski

Murder In Matera (eBook, ePUB)

A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"A thrilling detective story . . . Stapinski pursues the study of her family's criminal genealogy with unexpected emotional results." -Library Journal Since childhood, Helene Stapinski heard lurid tales about her great-great-grandmother, Vita. In Southern Italy, she was a loose woman who had murdered someone. Immigrating to America with three children, she lost one along the way. Helene's youthful obsession with Vita deepened as she grew up, eventually propelling the journalist to Italy, where, with her own children in tow, she pursued the story. Finding answers would take her ten years and numerous trips to Basilicata, a mountainous land rife with criminals, superstitions, old-world customs, and desperate poverty. Though false leads sent her down blind alleys, Helene's dogged search, aided by a few lucky-even miraculous-breaks and some colorful local characters, led her to the truth. There had indeed been a murder in Helene's family, a killing that roiled 1870s Italy. But the identities of the killer and victim weren't who she thought they were. In revisiting events that happened more than a century before, Helene came to another stunning realization-she wasn't who she thought she was, either. Weaving Helene's own story of discovery with the tragic tale of Vita's life,Murder in Materais a "tantalizing" literary whodunit (NPR) and a moving tale of self-discovery from the acclaimed author of Five-Finger Discount. "A murder mystery, a model of investigative reporting, a celebration of the fierce bonds that hold families together through tragedies . . . a gem." -San Francisco Chronicle "She captures perfectly the 'simultaneous beauty and sadness' of Matera." -The New York Times Book Review "Lively . . . engrossing.In addition to solving the murder, Stapinski produces a vivid pictureof the region's hardships, past and present." -The New Yorker

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062438447
• Artikelnr.: 47261846

Autorenporträt

Helene Stapinski is the author of Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, which recounts her family's criminal history, and Baby Plays Around: A Love Affair, with Music, which chronicles her years playing drums in a rock band in Manhattan. She has written extensively for the New York Times as well as for New York magazine, Salon, Travel & Leisure, and dozens of other publications and essay collections. On the documentary based on Five-Finger Discount, she has worked as a producer and writer. Stapinski has been a radio newscaster in Alaska; has appeared on National Public Radio; was a featured performer with The Moth; has lectured at her alma mater, Columbia University; and has taught at Fordham University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.