Grazia Deledda
Birth date: September 27, 1871
Died: August 15, 1936
Grazia Deledda's Books
So here's a classical novel dealing with a very serious topic. This time it's breast cancer. Its author is the Nobel laureate in Literature of 1926 who suffered from breast cancer herself. She died in 1936, the same year when the novel was published. However, The Church of Solitude isn't just the ...
bookshelves: spring-2012, radio-4, nobel-laureate, sardinia, italy, fradio, classic, translation, published-1913, play-dramatisation, catholic, filthy-lucre, cover-love, families, mystery-thriller Recommended for: Brazilliant, AmHayesZing, Wandaful Read from March 24 to April 06, 2012 Grazia Dele...
Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by Martha King.blurb - Efix is a loyal servant to the Pintor sisters Noemi, Ester and Ruth, the last remnants of a noble ...