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The Silent Duchess

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The international bestseller from Italy's foremost woman writer—now in paperback. Dacia Maraini is a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize Set in Sicily in the early eighteenth-century, the novel tells the story of Marianna, the daughter of an aristocratic family and 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.

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The Silent Duchess, Dacia Maraini

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1993
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Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Flamingo
Pubblicato
1993
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
235
ISBN10
0006545963
ISBN13
9780006545965
Serie
Titolo originale
La lunga vita di Marianna Ucría
Valutazione
3,65 su 5
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The international bestseller from Italy's foremost woman writer—now in paperback. Dacia Maraini is a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize Set in Sicily in the early eighteenth-century, the novel tells the story of Marianna, the daughter of an aristocratic family and 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.