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        1993

        Isolina

        Die zerstückelte Frau

        by Maraini, Dacia

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        February 1994

        Italian women writing

        by Sharon Wood

        How has it happened that from being politely ignored or marginalized just half a century ago, women writers in Italy are now at the centre of literary activity? To what extent does writing by women reflect the successes and failures of Italy in the post-war period? What form did the feminist movement in Italy take, and how did this affect what - and how - women wrote? And how are women who write responding to a more fragmented post-modern age? These are just some of the questions asked of the relationship between women and fiction in post-war Italy in this anthology. It includes stories by Cialente, Ginzburg, Ortese, Morante, Romano, Maraini and Duranti as well as Bompiani, Sanvitale, Mizzau, Scaramuzzino, Capriolo and Petrignani. The thirteen stories presented offer a range of style and content indicative of the wealth and diversity of writing by women, and their reading is supported by critical notes and an extensive vocabulary. This is a clear and challenging introduction to the rich field of women and fiction in Italy. ;

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      • September 2015

        Borders Up!

        Eastern Europe through the bottom of a glass

        by Vitali Vitaliev

        One would assume that with the collapse of Communism, East Europeans would drink much less than before: a democratic society should surely be able to provide many more means of escape than alcohol. The reality, however, is very different. Borders Up! is Vitali Vitaliev’s sharp and sardonic travelogue, an attempt to find out why drinking in post-Communist Eastern Europe has increased dramatically since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Informative and very, very funny.

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