Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

Tina, Mafia Soldier by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

A classic of Italian feminist mafia literature about a gender-bending mafiosa and the writer who becomes obsessed with telling her story

Sicily, 1980s: When she was just eight years old, Tina watched as her father, a member of Cosa Nostra, was murdered in cold blood. Now a teenager, she terrorizes her hometown of Gela, having made it her mission to join the mafia, an organization traditionally forbidden to women as made members. Nicknamed 'a masculidda, or "the tomboy," Tina has taken charge of her own gang, and is notorious for her cruelty and reckless disregard for societal expectations.
 
When a news article is published about Tina's latest crimes, a teacher living in Rome feels compelled to write a novel about her--even though it means returning to her native Sicily to gather material. She and Tina circle around each other in a dangerous dance of obsession and violence until their first, and last, explosive meeting.
 
This groundbreaking exploration of gender identity and clear-eyed presentation of an unseen side of the mafia is a landmark literary achievement by one of Italy's feminist icons.

Cutrufelli, Maria Rosa: - Maria Rosa Cutrufelli is the author of several volumes of short fiction, as well as two novels, Canto al deserto and Il denaro in corpo. She lives in Rome.

Vincent J. Bertolini is a Harper Instructor in the College of the University of Chicago. He most recently translated Dacia Maraini's Searching for Emma: Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary, also published by The University of Chicago Press.

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ISBN 13	9781641294638
ISBN 10	1641294639
Title	Tina, Mafia Soldier
Author	Maria Rosa Cutrufelli
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Soho Press
Year published	2024-02-13
Number of pages	336
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