Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini

Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini

Finalist for the International Man Booker Prize, winner of the Premio Campiello, short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Award upon its first English-language publication in the UK, and published to critical acclaim in fourteen languages, this mesmerizing historical novel by one of Italy's premier women writers is available in the United States for the first time.

The Silent Duchess is the story of Marianna Ucr a, the victim of a mysterious childhood trauma that has left her deaf and mute, trapped in a world of silence. In luminous language that conveys both the keen visual sight and the deep human insight possessed by her remarkable main character, Dacia Maraini captures the splendor and the corruption of Marianna's world and the strength of her unbreakable spirit.

Dacia Maraini, a novelist, poet, and playwright, has won Italy's top two literary honors, the Premio Strega and the Premio Campiello. Woman at War, Isolina, Voices, and the worldwide best-seller The Quiet Duchess are among her novels, which have been published in 22 countries. Darcia Maraini is a Rome-based writer.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781558612228
ISBN 10	155861222X
Titel	Silent Duchess
Autor	Dacia Maraini
Serie	Fp Classics Ser
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Erscheinungsjahr	2000-01-01
Seitenanzahl	286
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.