Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily

Title: Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily
Author: Gioia Timpanelli
H: 1706787
ISBN: 9780393027440
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 183
Section: Fiction | General
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In 'A Knot of Tears, ' a woman's locked-up life is transformed by a parrot who tells tales; her story becomes a subtle and surprising meditation on the necessity of being true to oneself and others. In 'Rusina, Not Quite in Love, ' a strange and lovely retelling of the story of the 'Beauty and the Beast, ' a young woman escapes family and society to find consolation and beauty in nature and its muse. In each case, women of very different backgrounds -- one aristocratic, one impoverished -- find solitary spaces from which they can emerge as artists and shapers of their own destinies.