Author
Dacia Maraini
0 award wins, 1 nomination across 1 book.
La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa
1 Nomination
Published 1990 · 272 pages
In early 18th century Sicily, noblewoman Marianna Ucrìa is trapped in a world of silence after a terrible childhood trauma left her deaf and mute. Married off to a lecherous uncle, she struggles to educate and elevate herself against all convention—and find her true place in a world that sees her as little more than property.
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Awards & Nominations
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize