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' Beginning in the sulphur mines of Sicily over a century ago, Black Mountain takes you on a journey through time and back again. When a boy sold into slavery finds the courage to escape his brutal life, he is saved by a mysterious stranger, who raises the boy as his own. Renamed Cesare Montenero after Sicily's own 'black mountain', Mount Etna, the boy grows up to discover that his rescue was no accident, that his physical strength is unnatural, and that he has more in common with his saviour than he could have imagined. And when he meets the enigmatic Celeste, he suspects for the first time that he many not be alone.
Based on factual events and ranging through Italy, Paris and the rural fringes of coastal Australia, Black Mountain is a haunting exploration of what it means to be human.' Source: www.uqp.uq.edu.au/ (Sighted 02/07/2012).
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A Slightly Frustrating Novel : Mark Roberts Reviews ‘Black Mountain’ by Venero Armanno
2016
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review
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— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016; 'I have a pile of books on desk waiting to be reviewed or to be more correct, waiting for me to have the time to review them. Black Mountain by Venero Armanno has been waiting longer than most. Published in 2012 it was one of those books that intrigued me with its back cover blurb about a boy being sold into slavery to work in the sulphur mines of Sicily over a century ago. Finally, four years late, I finally picked it up.' (Introduction) -
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2013
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— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 5 no. 2 2013;
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Profile : Venero Armanno
2012
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autobiography
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , November no. 224 2012; (p. 4) -
Alter Egos
2012
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review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 345 2012; (p. 58)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel -
Spawned by Fire and Brimstone
2012
single work
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 September 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel
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2012
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 23)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel -
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2012
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 22)
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Bookshop
2012
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 August 2012; (p. 19)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel ; The Source of the Sound 2010 selected work short story -
Fiction
2012
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 5 August 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel -
Sicilian Alterations
2012
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 August 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Black Mountain 2012 single work novel -
The Outsider
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28-29 July 2012; (p. 12-14) -
Profile : Venero Armanno
2012
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , November no. 224 2012; (p. 4) -
A Slightly Frustrating Novel : Mark Roberts Reviews ‘Black Mountain’ by Venero Armanno
2016
single work
review
essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October – December no. 20 2016; 'I have a pile of books on desk waiting to be reviewed or to be more correct, waiting for me to have the time to review them. Black Mountain by Venero Armanno has been waiting longer than most. Published in 2012 it was one of those books that intrigued me with its back cover blurb about a boy being sold into slavery to work in the sulphur mines of Sicily over a century ago. Finally, four years late, I finally picked it up.' (Introduction)
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