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The Ice-Cream Makers

The Ice-Cream Makers

by Laura Vroomen (Translator), Ernest van der Kwast (Author)

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    Paperback 2016

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Synopsis

A dazzling novel about an Italian ice-cream dynasty, tradition, ambition, and the sensation of lemon sorbet melting on your tongue. In the far north of Italy lies the valley of the ice-cream makers: about a dozen villages where, for generations, people have specialised in making ice cream. Giuseppe Talamini claims it was actually invented here. Every spring his family sets off for the ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, returning to the mountains only in winter. Eldest son Giovanni Talamini decides to break with this tradition by pursuing a literary career. But then one day his younger brother Luca approaches him with a highly unusual request. Now Giovanni faces a dilemma: serve the family's interests one last time or choose his own path in life, once and for all.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Scribe UK
Published: 14 Jul 2016
ISBN 10: 1925228436
ISBN 13: 9781925228434

Media Reviews
'Van der Kwast tells his multigenerational tale with great sensitivity, demonstrating through powerful observations the long-term effect of one person's decision upon others throughout the generations. A delightful read; smooth as ice cream on a hot summer day.' Kirkus Reviews 'A delightfully quirky and sensual exploration of an Italian family's obsession with two of the greatest pleasures in life: ice-cream and poetry. What's not to love?' -- Jo Riccioni, author of The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store 'The Ice Cream Makers is a rewarding novel. A second reading reveals just how perceptively it pits family pressures against the desire for freedom down the generations. The contrast between Giovanni's world of high culture and that of his ice cream making brother Luca is cleverly realised. Van der Kwast leaves the reader in no doubt as to who the real poet is: the ice cream maker, of course.' NRC Handelsblad 'It is an ode to poetry and to women. A tale of the tradition of ice cream making and the price is exacts. But above all The Ice Cream Makers is a book that sweeps you along like an avalanche. Noordhollands Dagblad 'A beautifully poetic family saga.' Glamour 'A compelling novel about the yoke of family relations.' Elle
Author Bio
Ernest van der Kwast is a Dutch author who lives between the Netherlands and Italy. He made his name with the novel Mama Tandoori, which became a bestseller in the Netherlands and Italy and sold more than 100,000 copies. In 2012 he published the novella Giovanni's Navel, which entered the Der Spiegel bestseller list immediately after publication in Germany. In 2016, he won the Dioraphte Literature Prize for The Ice-Cream Makers, which was his first novel to be published in English. Laura Vroomen was born in the Netherlands and now lives and works in London. She was educated at the University of Amsterdam and Warwick University and spent several years teaching English literature and cultural studies before switching to translation.