Women of Shadows: A Study of the Wives and Mothers of Southern Italy

By Ann Cornelisen

Book Overview

With haunting photographs and piercing descriptions, Women of the Shadows depicts the secluded women of southern Italy and their passionate, painful, heartrending existence. Cornelisen, who lived... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394723457
• ISBN13: 9780394723457
• Release Date: February 1977
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Glimpses of Southern Italian Women in the 60's and 70's

Well written biographies of a handful of women. Noble,tragic, clever, wise. What an eye opener this book is!I recommend it to anyone trying to understand Italy