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A Self-made Woman
A biography of a Sardinian woman who determinedly rose above the restrictions of her environment to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1926.
Ivy
"A novel of love and redemption by the Nobel-laureate Grazia Deledda. Set in the mountains of the Italian island of Sardinia, Deledda chronicles the decline of a once-prominent family. An adopted daughter tries to save them by murdering a wealthy relative only adding to their woes"--
Cosima
This book tells the story of an aspiring female writer who grows up during the last decades of 19th century Sardinia. Formal education for women was rare at that time, and literary careers virtually unheard of. It describes the young woman's struggle against the disapproval of her family and friends at her creative ambitions, but it also contains rich details of family life and rural traditions.
Ashes
The author interweaves into the novel leitmotifs of Sardinian folklore, health issues, banditry, illegitimacy, prostitution, and the social mores of the late nineteenth century with all the attendant public opprobrium.".
The Church of Solitude
The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. Overwhelmed by the shame of her diagnosis, she decides that no one can know what has happened to her, but the heavy burden of this secrecy changes her life in dramatic ways and almost causes the destruction of several people in her life. This surprising novel paints the portrait of a woman facing the unknown with courage, faith, and self-reliance, and is the last and most autobiographical work of Grazia Deledda, who died of breast cancer in 1936, shortly after its publication. An afterword by the translator offers additional information on the author and examines the social and historical environment of that time.
Two Miracles
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Legends of Sardinia
Sardinia is a land of legends and mysteries. Every country church, every castle or monastery ruin, every village, every cussorgia (region or area), every cave, every cliff, every mountain... every valley has its own legend. Some legends cross and merge with fairy tales, mixing the fantastic with distant reminiscences of European legends, sagas, fairy tales, but the best part has a local explanation that clearly shows its character. Some are long and frightening, others are short, vague, without a strong outline, but all have a kind of Southern and Mediterranean atmosphere. The protagonists are historical figures who mingle with devils, fairies, witches and janas; they are the giants who live...
Nostalgia
"Nostalgia" by Grazia Deledda is the story of a woman from northern Italy who moves to Rome with her new husband. Many miles away from home, she finds herself missing home and everything she's left behind. A sweet and heartwrenching tale, this book captures the differences between northern and southern Italy and how, though it might be a small country, the distance can seem vast when everything you know is far away.
The Mother
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Reeds in the Wind
The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before. Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep." Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.
