The Road to the City Stefan Zweig Two hundred and twenty tales

Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints

he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written

'Extremely addictive

And then she meets Melanie

their very identity

The Road to the City Stefan Zweig Two hundred and twenty talesThey say that big families are happy, but I could never see anything particularly happy about ours. Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is seventeen, and dreams of marrying a rich man; she dreams of a grand apartment in the city and silk stockings. To escape her fathers neglect and her mothers sadness, she begins to take the dusty road to the city every day, accompanied by Nini, her sweet and mysterious cousin.