by Dacia Maraini · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788817067218
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«Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza» is the historical novel by Dacia Maraini, published by Rizzoli in hardback (253 pages, in Italian).
Written as a fictional diary, the book follows Clare of Assisi from noble childhood to enclosure: the vision of Francis stripping before the city drives her to renounce marriage and embrace poverty. Dacia Maraini presents Clare's disobedience as a creative act against a male-dominated society and portrays her as a woman first, saint second.
«Chiara di Assisi. Elogio della disobbedienza» belongs to Rizzoli's «altri Eroi» collection. The first edition dates from October 2013. Includes bibliographic references (pages 251-253).
A read for those interested in historical fiction, religious-themed fiction, and the figure of Clare of Assisi.
Dacia Maraini is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for L'età del malessere (1963); the Fregene Prize for Isolina (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (1990); and the Premio Strega for Buio (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary I Was Born Travelling told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas.
