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On her side

by Redazione
Naturally10 June 20259 min

Neorealist novel, partisan short story, proto-feminist diary, psychological memoir and metanarrative reflection on writing: all this – and much more – is Dalla parte di lei. First published in 1949 by Mondadori, in the heart of an Italy still stunned by the end of fascism and the war, Alba de Céspedes’s novel remains a marginalized work in the official canon (still all-male), despite its anticipatory force and its profoundly modern voice. Like many novels written...

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Agnes goes to die

by Redazione
Books26 April 20245 min

“In front of the fascist house he cleared his throat, picked up the saliva in his mouth and spat on the ground.” Italy post armistice of September 8th, brothers against brothers, native homeland, a land of contention by foreign feet, and raped by innocent deaths. The action takes place entirely in the Comacchio Valleys, where History – with a capital H – during the Second World War collides and overwhelms the history – with a...