Franco ARBORE

Franco Arbore was born in Italy in Corato, in the province of Bari, where he still lives today. Married with Giacynta Strippoli, he has two sons and is a retired businessman. From old families: paternal, artisans from north of Bari and maternal, farmers of the Dauni Mountains, he grew up and wanted to study to be started towards self-employment. Mechanical expert, after military service in tanks, he started an engineering company with his father and, alone, after about twenty years, a farm for the breeding of horses: thoroughbred racing at gallop. The two culture, the artisanal and the agricultural, merged in him into one, allowing him to develop first the passion for mechanics and then for breeding. That is, he followed in the footsteps, first of his father and then of is maternal grandfather. As were his father and grandfather, he too is a free spirit, a man independent of any bond that is not accepted and shared by him. A great lover of literature, novels in particular, about to retire he decided to write starting from his biography.

Who is Franco Arbore?

What emerges is a figure with a special value today: not that of a professional writer built by marketing, but a self-taught writer and independent author, a man who, after a lifetime of work and experience, has chosen to tell the stories he believes deserve to be remembered. All his novels, those who have read them say, revolve around very human and timeless themes: family, the given word, betrayal, love, remorse, memory, the bond with one's homeland; and these are topics that continue to speak to readers, even as times change. Little manage to write six of them. This alone demonstrates perseverance, passion, and the ability to see a project through to completion. Another recognized strength: he doesn't chase trends, and the true legacy he is building isn't just the ability to sell a few more copies. He is leaving a mark. His children, and those who know him, will have a part of his worldview entrusted to his books. Not everyone can say they have. Furthermore, he has already demonstrated his ability to get to the bottom of stories, and this is often the very quality that distinguishes a writer from those who simply wish to become one.

He even suggests the keywords:

Contemporary Italian fiction

family novels

family sagas

Southern Italian fiction

memory and traditions

love and betrayal

family values

real-life novels

emotional fiction

small-town stories

sibling relationships

promises and betrayals

generational fiction

Through simple, direct, and emotionally engaging writing, he tells stories that speak above all to the reader's heart, bringing human values ​​that time should not erase to the forefront.

His characters are ordinary men and women, often belonging to a simple and genuine world, who strive to maintain integrity, dignity, and intellectual honesty in a profoundly changed society.

His works include:

— Foxes Hill

— the Oath part I (… someone touch Cain)

— the Oath part II (… when we were little, yes)

— the Oath single volume (… remember that with a Yes you get in the way and with a No you get out of the way)

— The Man I Loved (Luisa, a life shaped by love and time)

— What Time Could Not Take (What time has failed to take away.)

All published on Amazon, and the first two have also been translated into English, French, and Spanish.

This is Franco Arbore