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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2013]
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 684 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780374106140 (hbk.), 0374106142 (hbk.), 9780374106140
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Originally published in Italian in 1998 as L'arte della gioia."
Traces the events of the twentieth century through the experiences of Sicilian-born Modesta, who defies the conventions of her fascist, patriarchal society to rise from poverty and marry an aristocrat without compromising her deeply held values
Translation of: Arte della gioia