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L'età fragile

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

Premio Strega · 2024 · Winner
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EinaudiLiterary Fiction

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About This Book

A mother attempts to protect her daughter from the legacy of a traumatic event in the Abruzzo mountains, weaving past and present together in a novel about female vulnerability and the violence that shadows women's lives.

About the Author

Donatella Di PietrantonioIT

Donatella Di Pietrantonio is an Italian novelist and pediatric dentist born in 1963 in Arsita, a small village in Abruzzo. She works as a dentist in Penne and has published all her novels while maintaining her medical practice. Her fiction is rooted in the landscapes and communities of Abruzzo, and she is one of the most respected voices in contemporary Italian regional literature. Read more →

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