It's a necessary step, often used by writers of Murgia's calibre, to send their protagonists on bumpy and eventful journeys into the dark.Įloquent in narration, with a plot wound tight enough to ensure its players reach that elusive light after the darkness, Accabadora is a novel that warrants repeated reads. From here, Murgia weaves their shared tale of mutual commitments and misunderstandings as an adoptive mother and child.Īs the novel progresses, the plot fans out to include more characters who, though secondary in their conception, provide twists at all the right turns. The story opens with its two female protagonists - the child Maria Listru and the elderly Bonaria Urai. Michela Murgia, la situazione Perché la scrittrice, drammaturga, blogger, opinionista, autrice tra gli altri del romanzo bestseller pluripremiato Accabadora, ha un tumore al quarto stadio. That Michela Murgia allows enough room to unfold the lives of her characters (who reside in a small town in Sardinia), within little more than 200 pages, is an impressive feat. Per Einaudi ha pubblicato nel 2008 Viaggio in Sardegna. Nel 2006 ha pubblicato con Isbn Il mondo deve sapere, il diario tragicomico di un mese di lavoro che ha ispirato il film di Paolo Virzì Tutta la vita davanti. Having won six major Italian literary prizes as well as the honour of being made into a feature film, Accabadora (the 'finisher' or 'one who completes') is a surprisingly light volume to behold, if only in its physical appearance. by Michela Murgia (Author), Silvester Mazzarella (Translator) A stunning portrait of rural Italy in the 1950s and a touching meditation on life and death and the power of love to bind, transcend, and let go (Publishers Weekly). The award winning Accabadorais an exceptional Englishlanguage debut, written with intriguing subtlety reflecting a sensual picture of local Italian life and death in villages during the 1950’s. Michela Murgia è una scrittrice, intellettuale e conduttrice radiofonica (Radio Capital) sarda.

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