Maria Rosa Cutrufelli

Gebundenes Buch

Tina, Mafia Soldier

Beschreibung

Sicily, 1980s: When she was just eight years old, Tina watched as her father, a member of Cosa Nostra, was murdered in cold blood. Now a teenager, she terrorizes her hometown of Gela, having made it her mission to join the mafia, an organization tradition

Autor

Maria Rosa Cutrufelli was born in Messina, Sicily and raised shuttling back and forth between Sicily and Bologna; she now resides in Rome. A major figure in Italian feminist movements, she boasts a long, prolific career as a journalist, cultural critic, and novelist. After earning her degree in Literature from the University of Bologna, she founded and directed the journal Tuttestorie. She also authored several works of travel literature, largely devoted to Africa, where she lived for three years. Her works have been translated into some twenty languages. Robin Pickering-Iazzi is Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Among her published works in translation are the novel Suspicion by Laura Grimaldi, Unspeakable Women: Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women during Fascism, and the widely acclaimed Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Soho Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 146mm x 218mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781641294249
• ISBN-10: 1641294248
• Artikelnr.: 64107166