Behind Closed Doors Her Father's House and Other Stories of Sicily

Name: Behind Closed Doors Her Father's House and Other Stories of Sicily
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ISBN: 9781558615533

ISBN-10: 1558615539

ISBN-13: 9781558615533

Edition: 2007

Authors: Maria Messina, Fred L. Gardaphï¿½, Elise Magistro

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With an ear for dialogue that may be compared to Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, and Ernest Hemingway, Sicilian writer Maria Messina presents the captivating and brutal realities of women living in early-twentieth-century Italy in this first collection of her work available in English. Behind Closed Doors portrays the habits and gestures, the words spoken and those left unsaid, of individuals caught between the traditions they respect and a desire to ease the social restrictions in their lives. Messina's stories reveal a world in which women are shuttered in their houses, virtual servants to their families, and working men immigrate to the United States in fortune-seeking droves. It is also…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Publication date: 7/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


Grace (Grazia)


America 1911 (La Merica)


Dainty Shoes (Le scarpette)


Grandmother Lidda (Nonna Lidda)


America 1918 (La Merica)


I Take You Out (Ti-nesciu)


Her Father's House (Casa paterna)


Ciancianedda


Red Roses (Rose rosse)


Caterina's Loom (Il telaio di Caterina)


Glossary


Afterword


Translator's Acknowledgments