'A groundbreaking, earthquaking vision, a story and a manifesto, and a literary performance so energetic it almost demands to be read aloud' Guardian
'To love, to sacrifice oneself, and to submit! Was this what all women were destined for?'
When her carefree, aspirational childhood in a seaside town is brought brutally to an end, the nameless narrator of Sibilla Aleramo's blazing autobiographical novel discovers the shocking reality of life for a woman in Italy at the dawn of the twentieth century. As she begins to recognize the similarities between her own predicament and the plight of her mother and the women around her, she becomes convinced that she must escape her fate. Unashamed and remarkably ahead of its time, A Woman is a landmark in European feminist writing.
'Aleramo was ahead of her time' Times Literary Supplement
| ISBN: | 9780241345726 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 2020 |
| Author: | Sibilla Aleramo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Feminism and feminist theory Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction in translation Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction |
'A groundbreaking, earthquaking vision, a story and a manifesto, and a literary performance so energetic it almost demands to be read aloud' Guardian
'To love, to sacrifice oneself, and to submit! Was this what all women were destined for?'
When her carefree, aspirational childhood in a seaside town is brought brutally to an end, the nameless narrator of Sibilla Aleramo's blazing autobiographical novel discovers the shocking reality of life for a woman in Italy at the dawn of the twentieth century. As she begins to recognize the similarities between her own predicament and the plight of her mother and the women around her, she becomes convinced that she must escape her fate. Unashamed and remarkably ahead of its time, A Woman is a landmark in European feminist writing.
'Aleramo was ahead of her time' Times Literary Supplement
A Woman features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Feminism and feminist theory, Narrative theme: Social issues, Fiction in translation, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
A Woman is available in Paperback
A Woman was written by Sibilla Aleramo and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
A Woman has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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