by Michela Murgia · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788866213116
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«Accabadora» is the contemporary novel by Italian writer Michela Murgia, published by Einaudi in paperback (164 pages, in Italian).
In 1950s Sardinia, the novel follows Maria, a girl adopted as a «daughter of the soul» by the elderly seamstress Bonaria Urrai. Their relationship seems calm, but Maria senses a mystery: the old woman keeps a secret linked to an ancestral practice of merciful death that pits tradition against new values.
Originally published in 2009, this edition (Numeri Primi collection) is from 2011. It won the 2010 Premio Campiello, the Premio Dessì and the Premio Mondello.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in ethical dilemmas, rural Sardinia and the clash between tradition and modernity.
Michela Murgia was an Italian novelist, playwright, and radio personality. She was a winner of the Campiello Prize, the Mondello International Literary Prize and Dessì Prize, and was an active feminist and left-wing voice in the Italian public scene, speaking out on themes such as euthanasia and LGBTQ+ rights.
