by Michela Murgia · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475882482
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L'acabadora is a novel by Michela Murgia set in Sardinia in the 1950s. The story follows Maria Listru, a six-year-old girl who is adopted by a widowed seamstress named Bonaria Urrai. As Maria grows up, she discovers that Bonaria has a secret role in the community: she is an 'acabadora', a person who helps the terminally ill to die with dignity. The novel explores themes such as family, tradition, death and euthanasia, all in the context of Sardinian culture.
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.
