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Maria Zef - by Paola Drigo (Paperback)

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  • Maria Zef was considered the farthest limit of verismo in contemporary Italian literature when it was first published in 1936.
  • About the Author: Blossom Steinberg Kirschenbaum is a teacher and researcher in the Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University.
  • 200 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, General

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Maria Zef was considered the farthest limit of verismo in contemporary Italian literature when it was first published in 1936. Like the great films to come after the war, Shoeshine and The Bicycle Thief, Paola Drigo's gritty novel portrays the struggle to come of age or even survive in a harsh environment. But its setting is more rural and its protagonist is a young girl whose voice will now be heard around the world in this English translation by Blossom Steinberg Kirschenbaum.

Born in the medieval town of Castelfranco in the Venéto, Paola Drigo (1879-1938) wrote frankly about the poor and brutal lives of toilers in preindustrial northern Italy. Maria Zef, her masterpiece, focuses on the orphaned Maria, who assumes responsibilities beyond her years in protecting her baby sister and staying alive. Poverty, toil, illness, solitude, and abuse contribute to one of the most horrifying climaxes in modern fiction.



About the Author



Blossom Steinberg Kirschenbaum is a teacher and researcher in the Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University. She has also translated Giuliana Morandini's novel I cristaili di Vienna, issued as Bloodstains in 1987, and stories by Grazia Deledda, Marina Mizzau, and Fernanda Pivano.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.49 Inches (H) x 4.8 Inches (W) x .58 Inches (D)
Weight: .5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 200
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Paola Drigo
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 1989
TCIN: 1008642565
UPC: 9780803265776
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-6132
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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