Michela Murgia
1) La Acabadora
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Siguiendo una costumbre sarda cuyos orígenes se pierden en el tiempo, una anciana y una niña se unen a través del sagrado vínculo de la "adopción del alma". Estamos en Soreni, un pequeño pueblo de Cerdeña, en los años cincuenta. Bonaria Urrai, la modista del lugar, mujer de antigua belleza y perenne soledad, ha adoptado a Maria, cuarta hija de una familia humilde que la descuida. Así pues, la vida de la niña, ahora fill'e anima --"hija de...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Democracy is difficult, flawed and unstable. It involves barely distinguishable political parties taking part in lengthy, overcomplicated and expensive decision-making processes. Trying to engage so many people with political issues seems to lead only to complexity and disagreement. So why bother? Doesn't fascism guarantee a more effective and efficient management of the state? In this short, bitingly ironic mixture of On Tyranny and The Psychopath...
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