The edge of Europe / Angela Bianchini ; translated by Angela M. Jeannet and David Castronuovo ; with an afterword by Angela M. Jeannet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bianchini, Angela.

Contributor:

Jeannet, Angela M.

Castronuovo, David.

Series:

European women writers series

Standardized Title:

Capo d'Europa e altre storiche. English

Language:

English

Italian

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 140 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2000]

Summary:

In 1941 a young Italian Jewish woman flees her country following the promulgation of Italy's so-called racial laws. She arrives in the neutral city of Lisbon and spends three days awaiting the certificate that will allow her to emigrate to the United States. During her stay she meets Juan Ruben, an anti-Fascist intellectual who coordinates a network of expatriates working to assist refugees. Although emotionally and intellectually displaced, the young woman comes to recognize her exile as a rite of passage, as an opportunity to acquire a new awareness of herself. Her experience of displacement becomes most intense during an outing to Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in Europe, whose cliffs symbolize "the last sign of earth, the end of Europe", yet also face outward toward the Atlantic and America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0803213085

0803261713

OCLC:

43520973