Books In Sync Recognizes For A Second Year Author A. Colin Wright

PRLog (Press Release) - May 06, 2010 -
About The Author: A. Colin Wright was born and raised in Chelmsford, Essex, England. After serving as a linguist in the British Royal Air Force, Wright attended Cambridge University, where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 1961 he lived for six months in Sassari, Sardinia, followed the next year by a longer period in Reggio Calabria. He speaks six languages reasonably fluently (including Italian), and can stumble along in two more. In 1964, he was appointed professor of Russian at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He remained at Queen’s until his retirement in 1999 and still resides there today. Dr. Wright is married and has two grown sons.

“Based on his own time on Sardinia, Wright’s recent captivating and oftentimes hilarious novel Sardinian Silver follows the exploits of a young man trying to find love while assimilating to an archaically orthodox society. Sardinia in the 1960s was still very culturally undeveloped: the residents viewed mainland Italians and continentals (the British counted among them) as immoral and contaminated by modern society.

Featuring: Sardinian Silver by A. Colin Wright

To Arthur Fraser, a young Englishman, Sardinia in 1960 is perfect. It's an island filled with Roman ruins, exotic scenery, local customs, and morally traditional values-he loves everything. To assimilate into the strange and belong to a society different from his own has always been his desire. Arthur arrives in the resort town of Alghero to work as a representative for a tourist company. His ambition is to find a Sard girl for himself. He is quickly thwarted, though, by the orthodox beliefs of the inhabitants. Unmarried couples cannot meet without chaperones, and anyone with "continental" attitudes is immoral. Arthur quickly learns that dating is fraught with real dangers. When Arthur finally falls in love with Anna, a Sard girl, he discovers that she lives in Rome and is no longer accepted at home. But she then falls in love with one of his best friends, and Arthur becomes irrationally obsessed. He incessantly schemes about winning back her affections, despite her efforts to dissuade him. In Sardinian Silver, author Wright masterfully evokes a mysterious society, its flamboyant people, and the Island's beauty. Like Arthur, you'll never want to leave Sardinia, with its wide sands, low hills, sun, and blue sea and its superficial pleasantness of life.

Book Details:
Publisher: IUniverse (October 28, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0595481000
ISBN-13: 978-0595481002
Paperback: 196 Pages
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
Genre: Fiction

Paperback Price:  $14.95

E-Book Price: $6.00

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Book Purchase Links:
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http://www.barnesandnoble.com
http://www.amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.uk

Date Joined Books In Sync: June 19, 2009

Please Visit Author A. Colin Wright’s Author Page
http://www.booksinsync.com/authordirectory/wrightacolin.html

Colin A. Wright’s Websites:
http://www.sardiniansilver.com
http://www.acolinwright.ca
http://www.authorsden.com/acolinwright

Colin A. Wright’s Email
acw@queensu.ca

Interview Done by Books In Sync
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Submission Date: May 2010