A Decent Family (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
272
Utgivningsdatum
2020-06-01
Förlag
AmazonCrossing
Översättare
Ann Goldstein
Dimensioner
208 x 137 x 25 mm
Vikt
340 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781542004442

A Decent Family

A Novel

av Rosa Ventrella
Häftad,  Engelska, 2020-06-01
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For fans of Elena Ferrantes Neapolitan series comes a captivating family saga focused on a willful young womans struggles against her oppressive small town by acclaimed Italian author Rosa Ventrella. In old Bari, everyone knows Maria De Santis as Malacarne, the bad seed. Nicknamed for her dark features, volcanic temperament, and resistance to rules, the headstrong girl can only imagine the possibilities that lie outside her poverty-stricken neighborhood. Growing up with her mother, two brothers, and a tyrannical father, Maria must abide. She doesamid the squalid life to which she was born, the cruelties of her small-minded neighbors, and violence in a constant threat of eruption. As she reconciles her need for escape with the allegiance she feels toward her family, Maria has her salvations: her secret friend, Michele, son of a rival family and every bit the outsider she is, and her passion for books, which may someday take her far, far away. In this exquisitely rendered and sensory-rich novel, Rosa Ventrella explores the limits of loyalty, the redeeming power of friendship and love, and the fire in the soul of one woman who was born to break free.
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Ventrellas narrative examines themes of class and gender expectations, accompanied by enough nostalgic detail to make the old country more appealing in memory than it was in reality. Inevitable comparisons of Ventrellas work with that of Elena Ferrantewill be propelled by Goldsteins fluid translation of this novel in the wake of her work on Ferrantes juggernaut. Ventrellas ambitious attempt to convey Mars struggle echoes Ferrantes epic approach to chronicling womens livesVentrella reveals the many ways in which the sins of the fathers are visited upon the sonsand the daughters. Kirkus Reviews In the town of Bari, all the locals refer to Maria De Santis as Malacarne, the bad seed. Growing up in squalid conditions with small-minded neighbors, Maria allows herself to dream bigbeyond the confines of her village. Great for fans of Elena Ferrantes Neapolitan series. New York Post

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Rosa Ventrella was born in Bari and still resides in her home country of Italy, where she teaches Italian literature. She has also worked as an editor and has written for the magazine I fiori del male. A Decent Family, published in fourteen countries, is her first novel to appear in English.

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