Silent Duchess
Dacia Maraini · 2000
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"Palermo, Sicily. In the Piazza Marina a large crowd has gathered to witness the public hanging of a young brigand. Duke Signoretto di Fontanasalsa, leader of the Noble Fathers of the Inquisition, is in attendance, and with him is his deaf-mute daughter, Marianna, who is seven years old. The child watches as the rope is slipped round the prisoner's neck; there is a roll of drums and the hangman kicks away the box on which the boy is standing; the body drops and starts to rotate. The execution over, the Duke turns to his daughter: surely such a sight will force her to speak? But she remains silent and trembling, clinging to the folds of her father's robes."-- Publisher description.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 268
- ISBN
- 9781558617834
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