A Woman

by Sibilla Aleramo

Book Overview

For a book that sent shock waves through the European literary establishment and, since its original publication in 1906 has gone through seven editions along with highly cclaimed translations into all th principal languages of Europe, A Woman (Una Donna) by Sibilla Aleramo (1876-1960) has remained curiously obscure in America. Aleramo's lightly fictionalized memoir presented a kaleidoscopic series of Italian images--the frenetic industrialism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520049497
• ISBN13: 9780520049499
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Una Donna

I've read this book partly in Italian and in English. It, honestly, changed my life. It enabled me to see the error in selflessness. Selflessness means without self and Sibilla demonstrates without question the insanity of trying to live a selfless existence.