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by: Giovanni Verga
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781873982136
ISBN: 1873982135
Label: Dedalus,
Manufacturer: Dedalus,
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 268
Publication Date: 1997-11
Publisher: Dedalus,
Sales Rank: 1352637
Studio: Dedalus,
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Rating: - A family's misfortunes in a small fishermen's village
The book is about a family's misfortunes in a small fishermen's village in Sicily at the beginning of the XX century. The book opens with a tragedy that undermines the financial stability of this big family of poor people. It is about their struggle to cope with it, and their failure because of misfortune. The original title "I malavolgia" could be translated as "the indolent family"; the title is a pun because the family is not indolent at all (well, maybe except for one component), rather ... Read More
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