In Praise of Disobedience (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
218
Utgivningsdatum
2023-01-13
Förlag
Rutgers University Press
Översättare
Jane Tylus
Medarbetare
Bell, Rudolph (introd.)
Illustrationer
none
Dimensioner
203 x 127 x 18 mm
Vikt
227 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781978833920

In Praise of Disobedience

Clare of Assisi, A Novel

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An author receives a mysterious e-mail begging her to tell the story of Clare of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian saint. At first annoyed by the request, the author begins to research Saint Clare and becomes captivated by her life. We too are transported into the strange and beautiful world of medieval Italy, witnessing the daily rituals of convent life. At the center of that life is Saint Clare, a subversive and compelling figure full of contradictions: a physically disabled woman who travels widely in her imagination, someone unforgivingly harsh to herself yet infinitely generous to the women she supervises, a practitioner of self-abnegation who nevertheless knows her own worth. A visionary who liberated herself from the chains of materialism and patriarchy, Saint Clare here becomes an inspirational figure for a new generation of readers.
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"This hybrid workpart epistolary novel, part essay, part biographystruck a deep chord in me. Maraini, among the most outspoken and important authors in Italy today, posits a series of connections and disconnections between author and reader, the Middle Ages and modernity, possession and renunciation. Jane Tylus's translation is resonant and immensely readable." -- Jhumpa Lahiri * author of Whereabouts * "The life of Italian saint Clare of Assisi gets a clever feminist reimagining in this biography-cum-epistolary novel by playwright Maraini (Voices)...Creatively structured and thoughtfully executed, this genre-smashing blend of history and fiction is delightfully original." * Publishers Weekly * "This book is not only about the life of Saint Clare, it is a womens view of the world, an engaging dialogue between the writer and a mysterious reader, the past and the present, faith and reason, and between the happy and unhappy bodies. It is a very inspiring read." -- Amara Lakhous * author of Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio * "In her passionate book marked by dreams and ongoing questions, Dacia Maraini delivers a gorgeous portrait of Clare of Assisi, who succeeded in giving life to a revolutionary language and overturning the rules of her time in order to follow one rule, her own." -- Corriere Adriatico "This intimate and provocative book is the story of an encounter, between a great woman writer who has made words the very instrument with which she can tell a story about reality, and an intelligent, determined woman to whom the use of the word was denied." -- Enza Cavallaro * Il Quotidiano di Calabria * "As with Francis, for Clare the profound significance of poverty is that one has the freedom to invent one's own destiny. With this book, in part an exchange of letters with a mysterious interlocutor, in part a diary, Dacia Maraini has added a precious, missing link to her feminist writings, all the more convincing for its distance from any form of philosophical or political abstraction." -- Emanuele Trevi * Corriere della Sera *

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DACIA MARAINI is one of Italys most pre-eminent and beloved writers. She has written over thirty plays, as well as such novels as Voci (Voices) and the international bestseller La Lunga Vita di Marianna Ucra (The Silent Duchess). JANE TYLUS is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. Her works include a translation of the complete poetry of Gaspara Stampa, the co-edited collection Early Modern Cultures of Translation (with Karen Newman), and the monograph Reclaiming Catherine of Siena, which won the MLAs Howard Marraro Prize. RUDOLPH M. BELL was Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Rutgers University. He was the author of The Voices of Gemma Galgani: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint, with Cristina Mazzoni.

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Translators Preface Introduction In Praise of Disobedience Notes on the Translation and References About the Author and Translator