The Art Of Joy Goliarda Sapienza Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Goliarda Sapienza\ S The Art Of Joy Was Written Over A Nine Year Span From 1967 To 1976 At Time Her Death In 1996 Sapienza Had Published Nothing Decade Having Been Unable Find Publisher For What Become Most Celebrated Work Due Its Perceived Immorality One Publisher\ Rejection Letter Exclaimed: \ It\ Pile Iniquity Manuscript Lay Decades Chest Finally Being Proclaimed Forgotten Masterpiece\ When It Eventually 2005 This Epic Sicilian Novel Which Begins 1900 And Follows Main Character Modesta Through Nearly Entire 20Th Century Is Once Coming-Of-Age Tale Sexual Adventure Discovery Fictional Autobiography Sketch Italy\ Moral Political Social Past Born Small Village Orphaned Age Spends Childhood Convent Raised By Nuns Sheer Cunning She Manages Escape Becomes Princess Sensual Proud Determined Wants Discover Infinite Richness Life Sets About Destroying All Barriers That Impede Quest Fulfilment Desires Seduces Both Men Women Even Murder Acceptable As Means Removing An Obstacle Happiness Self-Discovery (1924-1996) Catania Sicily 1924 Anarchist Socialist Family Sixteen Entered Academy Dramatic Arts Rome Worked Under Direction Luchino Visconti Alessandro Blasetti Francesco Maselli Author Several Novels During Lifetime: Lettera Aperta (1967) Il Filo Di Mezzogiorno (1969) Università Rebibbia (1983) Le Certezze Del Dubbio (1987) L\ Arte Della Gioia Considered Masterpiece Anne Milano Appel Ph D Former Library Director Language Teacher Has Translating Professionally Twenty Years Member Alta Ata Ncta Pen Translation Giovanni Arpino\ Scent Woman (Penguin 2011) Named Winner John Florio Prize Italian (2013) Σελίδες: 704 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm