by Michela Murgia · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499305110
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«L'acabadora» is the contemporary novel by Michela Murgia, published by labutxaca in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
Set in Sardinia in the 1950s, it follows Maria Listru, a poor girl who grows up under the care of the village seamstress. As she comes of age, she discovers that her adoptive mother practices the trade of acabadora, the woman who helps the sick die well. It is a choral portrait of a rural community and its way of understanding life and death.
Translation by Mercè Ubach Dorca; the work comes from Italian and this edition was published in June 2012.
A read for those who appreciate stories about family, community traditions and reflection on life and death.
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.
