by Dacia Maraini · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788432231209
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«La larga vida de Marianna Ucrìa» is the novel by Dacia Maraini, published by Seix Barral in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Marianna Ucrìa, a Sicilian duchess who takes refuge in deaf-muteness after a violent episode in her childhood. Married at thirteen to an older uncle, she finds in books and in the ideas of the Enlightenment the strength to understand her world and win her freedom.
It won the Campiello Prize in 1990 and has been published in more than twenty countries. This edition in the Biblioteca de Bolsillo collection appeared in 1995.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction focused on female characters.
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.
