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Genre/Form: | Italian fiction Fiction Historical fiction Autobiographical fiction Bildungsromans Romans, nouvelles, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Goliarda Sapienza |
ISBN: | 9780374106140 0374106142 |
OCLC Number: | 829239495 |
Notes: | "Originally published in Italian in 1998 as L'arte della gioia." |
Description: | xii, 684 pages ; 25 cm |
Other Titles: | Arte della gioia. |
Responsibility: | Goliarda Sapienza ; Translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; With a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino. |
Abstract:
Traces the events of the twentieth century through the experiences of Sicilian-born Modesta, who defies the conventions of her fascist, patriarchal society to rise from poverty and marry an aristocrat without compromising her deeply held values.
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