La Lupa: The She Wolf

by Giovanni Verga

Book Overview

David Lan's new version of Verga's classic play

"Mothers like me? We should be burned alive. We should be fed to the pigs, mothers like me." A mother fumes about her daughter's love affair as they hurtle towards tragedy in Verga's passionate Italian drama, first performed in 1894.David Lan's acclaimed new version premiered at the RSC in June 2000.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413754502
• ISBN13: 9780413754509
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Best translation of Verga short stories

This selection of short stories by Verga is superb. Full of life, compassion and violence. Small masterpieces of first order.