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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Nostalgia ..
Grazia Deledda
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R883
Discovery Miles 8 830
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Ivy (Hardcover)
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Mary Ann Frese Witt, Martha Witt
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R884
Discovery Miles 8 840
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With an Introduction by D.H. Lawrence. (Awarded the Nobel Prize
1928). An unusual book, both in its story and its setting in a
remote Sardinian hill village, half civilised and superstitious.
The action of the story takes place so rapidly and the actual drama
is so interwoven with the mental conflict, and all so forced by
circumstances, that it is almost Greek in its simple and inevitable
tragedy.
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 what has happened to her, but the
heavy burden of this secrecy changes her life in dramatic ways and
almost causes the destruction of several people in her life. This
surprising novel paints the portrait of a woman facing the unknown
with courage, faith, and self-reliance, and is the last and most
autobiographical work of Grazia Deledda, who died of breast cancer
in 1936, shortly after its publication. An afterword by the
translator offers additional information on the author and examines
the social and historical environment of that time.
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Marianna Sirca
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Graham Anderson
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R267
Discovery Miles 2 670
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Reeds in the wind (Paperback)
Grazia Deledda; Edited by Dolores Turchi; Translated by Martha King
bundle available
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R533
Discovery Miles 5 330
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The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this
novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the
story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now
in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is
trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before.
Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the
jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs
form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this
unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic
love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture
of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals
held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who
populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and
caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep."
Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.
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The Dance of the Necklace
Grazia Deledda; Translated by Mary Ann Frese Witt, Martha Witt
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R389
Discovery Miles 3 890
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Nostalgia ..
Grazia Deledda
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R661
Discovery Miles 6 610
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Chiaroscuro (Paperback)
Kevan Houser; Grazia Deledda
bundle available
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R375
Discovery Miles 3 750
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