Almarina
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
An Italian novel in translation about the relationship between a teacher and a young Romanian girl serving time on Nisida, Naples juvenile detention centre
Valeria Parrella Book order
January 1, 1974
Valeria Parrella crafts narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships and the inner lives of her characters. Her distinctive style is celebrated for its precision and its profound ability to capture the subtle nuances of emotion. Parrella explores themes of identity and the search for meaning with a sharp, insightful gaze. Her prose is compelling, drawing readers into a thoughtful contemplation of their own existence.
- 2021
- 2014
Six Italians writing from the margins: these stories are linked by common themes of belonging, dislocation and identity, and together they take the pulse of a country in turmoil.
- 2009
Modern-day Naples is a city teeming with contradictions, a chaotic metropolis in which modernity collides with history, a frenetic port city whose inhabitants are as volatile and as contrary as the city itself. From this rough mix Valeria Parrella has drawn the four exceptional novellas that comprise For Grace Received . Here is a portrait of a Naples spanning past and the end of the era of tobacco smuggling and the unrestrained spread of hard drugs; the vivacity of the traditional extended family and the crushing solitude of countless anonymous loners; the fortitude of young men and women forced to make ends meet while their parents serve time, and the long, hard haul of single mothers as they attempt to bring up their kids amidst violence and despair. In Valeria Parrella's Naples, life, love and happiness must all be pursued with passion, or not at all.The stories in this collection represent some of the finest short fiction to have emerged from Italy in recent years. Winner of the 2005 Renato Fusini Prize, the 2006 Zerilli-Marimò Prize, and among the finalists for Italy's most prestigious literary award, The Strega, For Grace Received announces the English debut of a remarkable new literary talent.
- 2004
Not For Sale
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Including the latest research on prostitution and pornography, this essay anthology shows how the sex industries harm those within them while undermining the possibilities for gender justice, human equality, and stable sexual relationships. From sex industries survivors to social activists and theorists such as Taylor Lee, Adriene Sere, and Kristen Anderberg, this volume assesses from a feminist perspective the racism, poverty, militarism, and corporate capitalism of selling sex through strip clubs, brothels, mail-order brides, and child pornography.