by Simonetta Agnello Hornby · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807817946
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«La Mennulara» is the novel by Simonetta Agnello Hornby, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (209 pages, in Italian).
Sicily, 1963: Maria Rosalia Inzerillo, the Mennulara, maid and administrator of the Alfallipe family, dies. The children of the house return to the family palace and, amid rumours, testimonies and memories, the life of a humble woman who shrewdly managed her employers' estate is reconstructed; a story of secrets, power and relations with the local mafia that culminates in an unexpected will.
Originally published in 2002, it won the Forte Village Prize and the Alassio Centolibri Prize; it belongs to the Universale Economica collection.
Recommended for those beginning to read in Italian, with vocabulary that can be deduced from context.
Simonetta Agnello Hornby is an Italian novelist and food writer. Her novels are international bestsellers, translated into more than twenty languages.
