by Renata Viganò · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806134884
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«Agnese va a morire» is the novel by Renata Viganò, published by Einaudi in paperback (249 pages, in Italian).
Set in occupied Italy during the Second World War, it follows Agnese, an elderly peasant woman who, after her husband's murder, joins the partisan resistance. Amid escapes, betrayals and battles, she crosses the marshes on an old rusty bicycle; the novel shows the war through the eyes of a simple woman.
Novel winner of the Viareggio Rèpaci Prize in 1949; this Einaudi Tascabili edition includes an introduction by Sebastiano Vassalli.
For readers of historical fiction, classic Italian literature and stories about the Second World War and the Resistance.
