The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation (2023)

October 21st, 20230h 59min

Documentary, History
70%

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Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.


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