by Dacia Maraini · BUR Biblioteca Univerzale Rizzoli · tapa dura · ISBN 9788817083799
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«La bambina e il sognatore» is the novel by Dacia Maraini, published by BUR Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli in hardcover (411 pages, in Italian).
Teacher Nani Sapienza wakes after dreaming of a girl in a red coat lost in the fog. That same morning, the radio announces the disappearance of little Lucia, and Nani becomes convinced the dream was a sign. With his students, he begins a search that turns into a journey into his past and a fatherhood marked by loss.
Published in 2015, it is part of Rizzoli's Scala italiani collection; it is a work of contemporary fiction in Italian.
For readers of contemporary fiction and fans of Dacia Maraini, interested in stories about memory, loss, and fatherhood.
Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and the Premio Strega for Buio (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.
