Full-Length Portrait

Author:   Gianna Manzini ,  Martha King ,  Martha King
Publisher:   Italica Press
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9781599102375


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   22 August 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Gianna Manzini (1896-1974) is considered one of the most accomplished writers in Italy, praised by important literary critics and writers, and widely known by Italian readers. Her fiction has been compared closely with that of Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann and Paul Valery. It is well recognized that narrative in Italy began its experiment of lyrical expression with the appearance of Manzini's first novel, Tempo innamorato. Her prize-winning bestseller Full-Length Portrait ( Ritratto in piedi ) is a semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1971, and presents a portrait of her father, Giuseppe Manzini. It took her nearly a lifetime to come to terms with her feelings for her father in order to write this book about him. A noted anarchist publisher, editor and author, who became alienated from his wife and daughter for his political beliefs, Giuseppe Manzini was imprisoned and finally exiled to a small town where he died after being attacked by a group of local Fascists. Manzini weaves a poetic portrait of the relationship between father and daughter, revealing a deep and binding devotion yet highlighting all the personal, political and even literary tensions between them: his arrow straight pursuit of clarity versus her acrobatic pursuit of literature; his attempt to touch the core truth of life and her attempt to see through to the life behind life. Martha King is the editor with Italica Press of New Italian Women and After the War, collections of twentieth-century Italian women writers, and has also translated numerous works by these writers.With Italica Press Dr. King previously published Manzini's Game Plan for a Novel ( Lettere all' Editore: Giuoco di carte ), the first English translation of a Manzini novel.

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Author:   Gianna Manzini ,  Martha King ,  Martha King
Publisher:   Italica Press
Imprint:   Italica Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.245kg
ISBN:  

9781599102375


ISBN 10:   1599102374
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   22 August 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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