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In the shadowed guestroom of a Sardinian farmhouse, 1904 opens with a woman curled on the floor, her sobs echoing against the bare wooden walls. The air is thick with the scent of drying fruit and the distant chirp of crickets, while a formidable aunt prowls the room, brandishing a four‑flame iron lamp and demanding that her niece, Giovanna, snap out of her despair. Beneath the harsh words lies a deeper dread: a looming legal judgment that could imprison Giovanna for decades, a fear that fuels her frantic pleas for mercy and rescue.
As the family’s rough‑spoken concerns swirl around her, an enigmatic, veiled figure steps into the doorway, her black attire and silent presence offering an unsettling calm. This arrival hints at the tangled web of loyalty, tradition, and hidden alliances that will shape Giovanna’s struggle. Listeners are drawn into a world where personal tragedy collides with the rigid expectations of early‑20th‑century rural Italy, setting the stage for a compelling tale of endurance and hope.
Language
it
Duration
~6 hours (347K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Patrizia Corsi, Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2013-07-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1871–1936
A Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Sardinia, her stories are known for their vivid sense of place and their deep sympathy for ordinary lives. She wrote with quiet intensity about tradition, hardship, faith, and the pull of fate.
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