by Melania G. Mazzucco · Rizzoli · tapa dura · ISBN 9788817871624
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«Vita» is the historical novel by Melania G. Mazzucco, published by Rizzoli in hardback (398 pages, in Italian).
In 1903, Diamante, aged twelve, and Vita, aged nine, two distant cousins from a village in southern Italy, emigrate to New York, where a city hostile to Italian immigrants awaits them. Amid the poverty, exploitation and crime of the Italian Downtown neighbourhood, they discover the strength of a bond that survives separation and war.
Novel winner of the 2003 Strega Prize and the 2006 San Clemente Prize. Originally published in 2003, this edition belongs to Rizzoli's Scala italiani collection.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary fiction interested in Italian emigration to the United States and life in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Melania Gaia Mazzucco is an Italian author. She is a recipient of the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize.
