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IN THE GARDEN OF PAPA SANTUZZU.(Review)(Brief Article)
Tony Ardizzone Picador. USA, $24 (368p) ISBN 0-312-20307-1
Gathered around a metaphorical campfire, the members of the extended Girgenti clan take turns regaling us in this robust, beguiling novel about family and the immigrant experience in the first half of the 20th century. Ardizzone, the author of two previous novels (Heart of the Order, etc.) and a story collection (Taking It Home: Stories from the Neighborhood), doesn't cleave to conventional narrative here--each chapter is a distinct vignette, with occasional overlaps as the characters intersect--so he depends instead on exquisite language and anecdotal charm to propel the narrative. The cumulative effect is of …
