by Sebastiano Vassalli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804422891
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«La Chimera» is the novel by Sebastiano Vassalli, published by Mondadori in paperback, with 414 pages, in Italian.
In seventeenth-century northern Italy, the life of Antonia, a girl confined in a convent, takes a tragic turn when she is tried for witchcraft. Through her ordeal, the narrative shows the arbitrariness of justice, the weight of superstition and the condition of women in a patriarchal society.
The novel was recognised with the Strega Prize and the Selezione Campiello Prize. It is part of the I miti collection by Mondadori and its cover bears the subtitle «Vita e morte di una strega».
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and Italian literature.
Sebastiano Vassalli was an Italian author. He wrote the 2007 novel The Italian (L'italiano).
