Ebook {Epub PDF} The Church of Solitude by Grazia Deledda

7 rows ·  · The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living ISBN "The Church of Solitude" tells the story of a relatively young (28 years old) rural Sardinian woman who has had a mastectomy. Her doctor tells her to take it easy; no emotional involvement, peace and quiet, no overworking, and to expect the disease to return in about 10 years/5(2). A translation of Grazia Deledda's final novel, an autobiographically based portrayal of an Italian woman coming to terms with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. The Church of Solitude tells the story of Maria Concezione, a young Sardinian seamstress living with breast cancer at the cusp of the twentieth century. Overwhelmed by the shame of her diagnosis, she decides that no one can know .

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda. Birth. 27 Sep Nuoro, Provincia di Nuoro, Sardegna, Italy. Death. (aged 54) Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy. Burial. Church of Our Lady of Solitude. Grazia Deledda was to live for another ten years after receiving the Nobel Prize, years marked by a painful and slowly spreading breast cancer—the incurable malady of her protagonist Maria Concezione in the fine novel La chiesa della solitudine (The Church of Solitude). The novel was her last, published in the year of her death. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. After the Divorce. by. Grazia Deledda, Susan Deledda, Susan Ashe (Translation) avg rating — ratings — published — 62 editions. Want to Read. saving.

For today’s review I picked The Church of Solitude by Grazia Deledda, the Nobel laureate in Literature of , which shows the effects of breast cancer on the life of a young woman in Sardinia, Italy, during the s. Silence and solitude play an essential role in the story. The church of solitude by Grazia Deledda, , State University of New York Press edition, in English The church of solitude ( edition) | Open Library It looks like you're offline. La chiesa della solitudine (The Church of Solitude, ), Deledda's last novel, is a semi-autobiographical depiction of a young Italian woman coming to terms with a fatal disease. A completed manuscript of the novel Cosima was discovered after her death and published posthumously in