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Sensualist, adventurer/ lover of men and women, submissive, seductress, killer: this is Modesta. As she makes her way through Sicily's violent twentieth century, from brutal childhood to silent convent, marble palace to prison, war and upheaval, she joyfully rejects the morals of her age, in a world where the only thing certain is constant change. Goliarda Sapienza's breathtaking masterpiece, considered too shocking for publication when it was written, is a fictionalized memoir, a book...

Sensualist, adventurer/ lover of men and women, submissive, seductress, killer: this is Modesta. As she makes her way through Sicily's violent twentieth century, from brutal childhood to silent convent, marble palace to prison, war and upheaval, she joyfully rejects the morals of her age, in a world where the only thing certain is constant change. Goliarda Sapienza's breathtaking masterpiece, considered too shocking for publication when it was written, is a fictionalized memoir, a book of romance and sexual adventure, a family saga, a coming-of-age novel and a hymn to being alive. Книга «The Art of Joy» автора Goliarda Sapienza оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 8.00 из 10.
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  • Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
  • ISBN (EAN): 9,78014E+12
  • Языки: Английский
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  • Год написания: 2013


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