A Woman
Formats & editions
- Published: 5 March 2020
- ISBN: 9780141988085
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
The first Italian feminist novel ... her voice brings us back to the present, with the dose of courage needed to freely choose one's destiny
La Repubblica
Powerful
Luigi Pirandello
A groundbreaking, earthquaking vision, a story and a manifesto, and a literary performance so energetic it almost demands to be read aloud . . . Readers who like to underline striking passages will need to keep their pencils sharp
John Self, Guardian
What makes A Woman stand out is the rawness of its story ... and the fact that Aleramo was ahead of her time
Caroline Moorehead, TLS
She blurred the boundaries of autobiography and the novel, singular self and narrative other
Selby Wynn Schwartz
Searing . . . astonishingly sharp . . . such a modern book it's hard to believe it was written more than 100 years ago
Laura Waddell, Scotsman