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The silent Duchess / Dacia Maraini ; translated from the Italian by Dick Kitto and Elspeth Spottiswood ; afterword by Anna Camaiti Hostert.
Van Pelt Library PQ4873.A69 L8613 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maraini, Dacia.
- Standardized Title:
- Lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Nobility--Italy--Sicily--Fiction.
- Nobility.
- Italy--Sicily.
- Child sexual abuse--Italy--Sicily--Fiction.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Sexual abuse victims--Italy--Sicily--Fiction.
- Sexual abuse victims.
- Deaf people--Italy--Sicily--Fiction.
- Deaf people.
- Women--Italy--Sicily--Fiction.
- Women.
- Sicily (Italy)--Economic conditions--1700-1735--Fiction.
- Sicily (Italy).
- Sicily (Italy)--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1998.
- Summary:
- In this compelling and vivid historical novel, Marianna Ucria, born in Sicily in the early 18th century, chronicles her own life and that of three generations of her family--aided by her extraordinary ability to "hear" others' thoughts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261).
- ISBN:
- 1558611940
- OCLC:
- 38976312
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