The Resource The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino
The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino
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The item The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
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- Summary
- The Art of Joy centers on Modesta, a Sicilian woman born on January 1, 1900, whose strength and character are an affront to conventional morality. Impoverished as a child, Modesta believes she is destined for a better life. She is able, through grace and intelligence, to secure marriage to an aristocrat--without compromising her own deeply felt values. Friend, mother, lover--Modesta revels in upsetting the rules of her fascist, patriarchal society
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 684 pages, 1 unnumbered pages
- Note
- "A novel"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780374106140
- Label
- The art of joy
- Title
- The art of joy
- Statement of responsibility
- Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino
- Subject
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- trueItaly
- Marriage -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueOrphans
- trueReading
- trueSexuality
- trueSicily (Italy)
- Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction
- Women -- Fiction
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- trueConvents
- trueDetermination in women
- trueHappiness
- Historical fiction
- trueIndependence in women
- Intellect -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Italy -- Fiction
- trueLesbianism
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- The Art of Joy centers on Modesta, a Sicilian woman born on January 1, 1900, whose strength and character are an affront to conventional morality. Impoverished as a child, Modesta believes she is destined for a better life. She is able, through grace and intelligence, to secure marriage to an aristocrat--without compromising her own deeply felt values. Friend, mother, lover--Modesta revels in upsetting the rules of her fascist, patriarchal society
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- 10191224
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- Sapienza, Goliarda
- Dewey number
- 853/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Appel, Anne Milano
- Pellegrino, Angelo
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- True
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- Women
- Intellect
- Marriage
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Conduct of life
- Man-woman relationships
- Interpersonal relations
- Sicily (Italy)
- Italy
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino
- Note
- "A novel"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 684 pages, 1 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780374106140
- Lccn
- 2013005477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The art of joy, Goliarda Sapienza ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel ; with a foreword by Angelo Pellegrino
- Note
- "A novel"--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xii, 684 pages, 1 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780374106140
- Lccn
- 2013005477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- trueItaly
- Marriage -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueOrphans
- trueReading
- trueSexuality
- trueSicily (Italy)
- Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction
- Women -- Fiction
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- trueConvents
- trueDetermination in women
- trueHappiness
- Historical fiction
- trueIndependence in women
- Intellect -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Italy -- Fiction
- trueLesbianism
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
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