La rinnegata

A story of three generations of women, their courage and search for independence in the face of superstition and prejudice, in the spirit of Natalia Ginzburg and Elena Ferrante. In this striking debut, based on a true story, Valeria Usala bears witness to an age-old story of violence against women and takes us into the heart of rural Sardinia, where superstitions and cruelty coexist with the joys and companionship of a tight-knit community. Teresa runs a shop and a tavern. But not even the family she has created with the man she loves can protect her from the malicious gossip of jealous locals, who are threatened by her independence. Her own mother, Maria, was made an outcast, and now Teresa is in turn forsaken by the villagers. Will she pay for her success with her life? Is she like a character in Greek tragedy, whose destiny is inevitable? A story that gives voice to the forgotten women of Sardinia—and to the one of women everywhere.

Written in Italian by Valeria Usala

10 minutes read

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Translated from Ukranian to Italian by Claudia Bettiol

Written in Ukranian by Anastasia Levkova

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Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

8 minutes read

Fiori di loto che si chiudono (quando ci si entra) (La via del perceptionist)

Translated from Serbian to Italian by Katarina Mitić

Written in Serbian by Nikola Lekić

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I panda di Ueno

Written in Italian by Arianna Giorgia Bonazzi

13 minutes read

L'Impero Romano e la crisi dei rifugiati (370-410 d.C.)

Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

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Written in Italian by Fabrizio Allione

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Bollettino dell’ultimo giorno

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Antonio De Sortis

Written in Dutch by Lotte Lentes

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Lungo i binari

Translated from Bulgarian to Italian by Giorgia Spadoni

Written in Bulgarian by Nevena Mitropolitska

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Diário de uma Portuguesa em Angola

Translated from Portugese to Italian by Elisa Rossi

Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca

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Una città sconosciuta

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo

Written in Czech by Anna Háblová

12 minutes read

L’esilio

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi

Written in Romanian by Anna Kalimar

8 minutes read

La casa di Haifa

Translated from Slovenian to Italian by Lucia Gaja Scuteri

Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman

11 minutes read

Il tempo è un cerchio

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Maria Alampi

Written in Romanian by Andrei Crăciun

10 minutes read

Domani

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Andreaa David

Written in Romanian by Lavinia Braniște

6 minutes read

ARRIVALS / GELIȘ (Mangiamiele)

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani

Written in Dutch by Tülin Erkan

7 minutes read

Oh, ragazze (It’s Both Heaven and Hell Here. Moldova: a Century of Lived History)

Translated from Romanian to Italian by Barbara Pavetto

Written in Romanian by Paula Erizanu

8 minutes read

La voce di Sulina

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Matilde Soliani

Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel

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Un’automobile dell’antica Grecia

Translated from Czech to Italian by Elena Zuccolo

Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl

12 minutes read

L’Impero romano in 100 date

Written in Italian by Fabio Guidetti

8 minutes read