Please tell your father he is a blessing and inspiration! Can't wait to see the movie. Just was wondering how much is true? The author did an amazing job putting the reader right there and feeling. I think people long for something genuine and inspirational, Sullivan said. Mark Sullivan's Beneath a Scarlet Sky is a coming-of-age historical novel that follows Pino Lella, a 17-year-old Milanese boy, as he navigates the dangers of Nazi-occupied Italy during the height of World War II.The novel is largely based on the real-life account of Pino Lella, who was an old man by the time he decided to share his story. I'm so glad I read it. You are a hero and a human..Never die Pino Lella. If you contact me, I might be able to get you a discount on the books..michaellella@yahoo.com. Thank you! Behind the scenes and visual storytelling about travels and photo shoots by Santa Barbara based portrait photographer Jonas Jungblut. The fictional Lella joins the German army and becomes driver to a high-ranking Nazi official - all the while acting as a spy for the partisans. Did the author add in events that were true but that Pino Lella was not there to witness? This story is both.. He was meant to live and tell his story. Publishers were gun-shy after scandals over true books that turned out to be inventions. He claims to report directly to Hitler. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. All the while trying to get a commitment out of Pinos daughter for me to come and take a portrait of Pino. Thank you . I just finished the book. The war came to Giuseppe "Pino" Lella right as he watched Fred Astaire dance with Ginger Rogers. Gail Schontzler can be reached at 406-582-2633 or gails@dailychronicle.com. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. I read it fast, it consumed me. Near bankruptcy, he thought hed be worth more dead than alive. This book change all my perspective about life. You are a very lucky man to have him as your father. I just can't get enough of "Beneath a Scarlet Sky"! There was a problem saving your notification. In my eyes you are twice a hero. It was a long shot but I had to try. A book hed worked hard on hadnt done well. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. We chatted for a few minutes, I thanked them excessively for being open to me photographing them and then right before I was going to leave I asked Pino: Tell me about James Dean. Anna accepts but doesn't show up. 1939-2010. If you are ever in Pinecrest, let us know! In an unlikely twist, Pino becomes the personal driver of German General Hans Leyers, who oversaw labor and death camps. Pino Lella. Please know my question and intent is for respect and gratitude. The next morning I got in the car and crossed the alps into Italy to meet Pino. Lella dokumentierte heimlich Truppenbewegungen, machte sich Notizen und Fotos und belieferte die Alliierten mit dem Kurzwellenfunk seines Onkels mit den wichtigsten Informationen. Pino was born to two loving parents who had a second son named Mimo. Hello Michael. Of course Im going to help people escape.. The author did an amazing job putting the reader right there and feeling Pino's emotions and feeling for him. Find your friends on Facebook. And looking forward to the movie! Please extend me honest and humble regards to Pino. Maybe he can come and speak at our Holocaust Memorial in West Bloomfield, Michigan, How cool would that be. Franco Isman was a young Italian Jewish boy who stayed at Casa Alpina from September of 1943 until May of 1945 when Italy was liberated from the Germans. They were both born in Italy and now live in California and just spend summers in Lesa. I am happy to hear that your father is doing well. Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in. The many losses he had to experience as a young person during this time are really tragic. Mark and Julio Cernatore at the site of the chapel at Casa Alpina, Pino learns of General Leyers' fate (June-2015). Finally the Americans asked him to take on one last mission and to take a trip over the Brenner Pass on May 3rd , even though in early May 1945 it was one of the most dangerous corners of Europe. Pinos espionage escalates as he passes confidential information to Allied forces. He first tried to write the book as non-fiction, but hit major roadblocks. I love World War II history and I know a lot about the American in it but I never knew about much about World War II and Italy passed the knowledge of Mussolini. I didn't know anything about Pino until I read the novel based on his life. What an amazing story of bravery, love and loss. Bozeman author Mark Sullivan had reached the lowest point in his life the night he first heard the story of a 17-year-old Italian boy in World War II, who risked his life to save Jews by leading them over the Alps and then spied on the Nazis as a powerful German generals driver. or ask your favorite author a question with Mark writes a very beautiful plot in his novel and his writing is very evocative; he never fails to make me gasped every time I turn page to page. Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible courage and resilience during one of history's darkest hours. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. One reason the book resonates with readers is that they ask themselves what they would have done. Thank you Pino Lella for sharing your story, it made me feel a little closer to the father I miss so much. God used Pino to do much good in a bleak and evil time. This is not happening! 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[3], Today Lella lives very old in the north of Milan . What an incredible story and even more incredible that the story was untold until recently. Your papa is more loved that he can image. The life of Pino Lella, who smuggled Jews out of Italy after joining the underground aged 17, is to be made into a film after the book was a huge success. Pino you are a hero, it was my absolute pleasure and privilege to read your story. I am Linda Meyers and was a US ski team member. An investigative journalist who has co-authored books with James Patterson, Sullivan has earned a place on the LA Times Best Book of the Year and NY Times #1 Best Sellers. I appreciate it so much and want Pino to know thank you from Canada for his faith in God and doing the right thing. The life of Pino Lella, only recently revealed and narrated in the book "Beneath a scarlet sky", by the American writer Mark Sullivan, sounds like the script of a war movie. Pino Lella. God bless your father. Pino Lellas life and bravery is beyond heroism. Hed had roller-coaster success as a writer when he hit bottom in 2006. Beneath a Scarlet Sky is a novel based on the true story of forgotten war hero Pino Lella. [25] Sterling Hayden. Mark Sullivan is the acclaimed author of eighteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Private series, which he writes with James Patterson. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. My son works as an event manager for a ski resort in Colorado and regularly skins up to get some great ski runs in. Based on the true story of the unlikeliest of heroes, BENEATH A SCARLET SKY follows 17-year-old Pino Lella as he helps lead Jews out of Italy along an underground railroad through the Alps and, later, when he is recruited to become a spy for the Italian Resistance. Er hatte zwei Mglichkeiten: er konnte sich zum einen Mussolinis faschistischer Armee anschlieen und hchstwahrscheinlich an der russischen Front landen oder sich zum anderen von der deutschen Armee einberufen lassen. For the next few days he became Knebel's personal driver and translator. It becomes clear when you learn about his life. Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Risk their lives for strangers? Yes, he is still living. God less him. Finished the book yesterday, and cannot stop thinking about Pino Lella. Gabrielle was a French nazi spy who reported information to French colony. Pino Lella, is a beautiful, beautiful soul and I feel privileged to have read his story.I would love to sit with him over a glass of Chianti looking over at the Alps and thanking God for our loves, our losses and for our unknown endings! I just finished reading this book. What an incredible story. This event is co-sponsored by the Wagner College Chai Society and the National Organization of Italian American Women. I just wanted to comment on Mark Sullivans book. He never left my mind for the past six months. I said to myself: No! What a remarkable man he is! Sullivan lives in Bozeman andwas astounded by Pinos story, andastonished to find that he was still alive, living in Italy after many years in the U.S. Nevertheless, my experience in Como will be very different than what I have anticipated all these months. Does any other die hard fans of him wants to meet him? It's been a few days since I finished the book, and this part of Pino Lella's life has been on my mind ever since. Pino Lella. Twice, the author mentioned, Anna had Pino tie a white band around his foreh. Based on the true but fictionalized story of Pino Lella, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is set in Milan, Italy, and its countryside during the final two years of the Second World War. during the summers as a child Pino and Mimo were sent to a missionary called Casa Alpina near lake Como. After discharge from the hospital, Pino came upon the driver of a German generals car, trying to fix the engine, unsuccessfully. The book is based on the true story of Pino Lella and covers the years from June of 1943 to the end of the war in September of 1945. The Machiavellian German Gen. Hans Leyers who oversaw a million slaves being worked to death on military fortifications, yet who helped save Italy from Hitlers scorched-earth plans is real. During his business trips he learned the positions of tank traps, land mines, ammunition tunnels and all fortifications between Florence and Milan and observed the construction of the most important defenses of the Germans. He too fought for the resistance while living in Bergamo. Sullivan used the last of his money to fly to Milan. I would love to meet your father. Pino Lella is one of those people with an aura that ends up influencing their life. The event will also feature a special recognition of Staten Island's own, Italian-born Holocaust survivor of the Finzi-Contini . He spent several weeks getting Lella to talk about events he hadnt spoken of for 60 years, and visiting places where the 17-year-old had rescued Jews, smuggled a radio, fallen in love and witnessed atrocities. Pino Lella. I needed a lot of hugs when she got home and I just want to be around people and family and warmth while I recover from the trauma of that story. I knew right there and then that I had to meet this man. Over the next ten days I went to Romania and then Austria. I am going to buy a class set of this book and use it in my classroom. 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General Leyers calls Pino "Vorarbeiter", which roughly translates to "foreman" in English. This was my summer read. [4]. It was the summer of 1943 and Lella, then 17 years old, was sitting next his brother, Mimmo, at a movie theater in his native Milan watching the cinematic duo twirl across the screen. 2 reviews. Then Pino came jogging up the narrow alley and I introduced myself. Michael, I just finished this book and your fathers story is incredible. Pino. Please try again later. The story is based on events in the life of Pino Lella from June 1943 to May 1945. GETTY IMAGES. Kelley Richard Harvey I just keep thinking about the people and events of Pino Lella's life. Sullivan plans to visit Lella in June and bring him the book. Yes, we should all put one step in front of the other and not complain. He's a normal Italian teenagerobsessed with music, food, and girlsbut his days of . It was an incredible book! But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitlers left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reichs most mysterious and powerful commanders. Please try again later. I'll be recommending this book, and I'll also be reading it again in the future. I would so love to meet me. Pino Lella was an Italian boy who challenged his age, overcame the crisis he faced, and went down to the rescue at the age of seventeen. In Milan, 17-year-old Pino Lella knows that the Nazis are struggling to keep their hold on Italy, but all the teenager dreams about is getting a date. When I finished the last page I was sitting at the Denver airport weeping. What an amazing story. As an English teacher, I find that we generally only focus on the "known" stories of the Holocaust and branch out very little. It was the summer of 1943 and Lella, then 17 years old, was sitting next his brother, Mimmo, at a movie theater in his native Milan watching the cinematic duo twirl across the screen. While the war ravages all over Europe and took a toll of human lives, the city of Milan was calm and . From marksullivanbooks.com; Buy Now. A true hero. After bombs destroy his family home. Pinos espionage escalates as he passes confidential information to Allied forces. Author met with him, he was 89 years old at that time. $9.99 10 Used from $3.61 8 New from $5.78. Yet it is all true. Loved the book and can't wait for the movie. Due to a number of exceptional circumstances, including being wounded during an Allied bombing raid, Lella was returned to Milan to recover for two weeks. The things they do are done in the context of their humanity, their fear, their brokenness and their inherent imperfection. His younger brother and best friend drank himself to death. 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