Grazia Deledda

The Dance of the Necklace

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Dance of the Necklace, Grazia Deledda moves away from the countryside of her native Sardinia to create a classically modern, urban narrative. Writing in a more spare, experimental style, she uncovers the "vain anguish of our strongest passions: love, ambition, and the instinct to appear more than what we are." A pearl necklace symbolizes the "dance" of jealousy, greed, and love, both erotic and familial, which unites and divides the three main characters: an aunt and her niece who share the same name and a young count seeking to regain his family's bartered string of pearls. An innocent deception turns on itself to explore the nature of the double and the mask: two topoi of modernity. Like Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing, and Annie Ernaux, Deledda delves into what it means to be a woman, alone and aging, living in a world where she is increasingly unwanted and invisible despite her lingering desires. According to the critic Margherita Heyer-Caput, the novel is one of Deledda's "most conscious and disquieting expressions of modernity." It challenges the labels often applied to this writer and overturns established critical categories to question margin-center hierarchies applied to her work. The Dance of the Necklace is a remarkable and rare example of Deledda's modernism. First English translation of La Danza della Collana (1924). Introduction, notes, bibliography. 124 pages.

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Produktdetails

• Italica Press Modern Italian Fiction Series
• Verlag: Italica Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 169g
• ISBN-13: 9781599104492
• ISBN-10: 1599104490
• Artikelnr.: 67537326

Autorenporträt

Grazia Deledda (1871-1936) was an Italian writer who achieved international acclaim and recognition for her literary works, particularly her novels and short stories. She was born in Nuoro a town located in Sardinia, Italy, which would later serve as a significant influence on her writing. This regional focus would become a hallmark of her writing, distinguishing her from many of her contemporaries in Italian literature. Her breakthrough came with the novel ""Elias Portolu"" (1903), which garnered critical praise and established her reputation as a significant voice in Italian literature. Many of Deledda's works explore themes such as love, longing, fate, and the clash between tradition and modernity. In 1926, Grazia Deledda became the first Italian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, a testament to the international recognition of her literary achievements. The Nobel Committee praised her ""idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general."" Deledda's writing style is characterized by its lyrical prose and vivid descriptions of nature, which serve as both a backdrop and a reflection of her characters' inner lives. Her works continue to be celebrated for their insightful portrayal of Sardinian culture and their exploration of universal themes that resonate across cultures and time periods. Throughout her career, Grazia Deledda wrote numerous novels, short stories, and essays, leaving behind a rich literary legacy that continues to inspire readers and scholars alike. Her contributions to Italian literature and her ability to capture the complexities of human experience have cemented her place as one of the foremost writers of her generation.