9780791454589-0791454584-The Church of Solitude (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation)

The Church of Solitude (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation)

ISBN-13: 9780791454589
ISBN-10: 0791454584
Edition: 1st Edition thus
Author: Grazia Deledda
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780791454589
ISBN-10: 0791454584
Edition: 1st Edition thus
Author: Grazia Deledda
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Format: Paperback 184 pages

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The Church of Solitude (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation) (ISBN-13: 9780791454589 and ISBN-10: 0791454584), written by authors Grazia Deledda, was published by State University of New York Press in 2002. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Church of Solitude (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

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A translation of Grazia Deledda's final novel, an autobiographically based portrayal of an Italian woman coming to terms with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century.

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.
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