by Carmen Martín Gaite · Giunti Editore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788809015500
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«Via da casa» is the novel by Carmen Martín Gaite, published by Giunti Editore in paperback (352 pages, in Italian).
Amparo Miranda, a fashion designer based in New York, returns after forty years to the provincial city she left behind. She does not come back out of nostalgia or to show off her successes, but to piece together an interrupted narrative and put words to a story of silences; during that week, her visit intersects with other lives and conversations.
The original work, «Irse de casa» (1998), was awarded the Premio San Clemente; this Italian edition, translated by M. Finassi Parolo, belongs to the Astrea collection (no. 70).
For readers of contemporary fiction in Italian and for followers of Carmen Martín Gaite who want to discover this translation.
Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
