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	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781558612228
ISBN 10	155861222X
Title	Silent Duchess
Author	Dacia Maraini
Series	Fp Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Year published	2000-01-01
Number of pages	286
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.