Alberto Moravia, La ciociara [Two Women]

Luciano Parisi (University of Exeter)

Trans. by Charlotte Beare (University of Exeter)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1957

Places

Italy (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

This novel was published by Alberto Moravia in 1957 with the title La ciociara (The Woman from Ciociaria) and was translated into English by Angus Davidson in 1958 with the title Two Women. Moravia had initially wanted to entitle it Lo stupro (The Rape) in reference to both an episode in the novel and the metaphorical rape of Italy caused by World War II, during which the novel takes place.

In July 1943 the Allied troops landed in Sicily instigating the fall of Mussolini, in power in Italy for twenty years. In September, a new Italian government signed the armistice with the Allied troops who had meanwhile conquered the south of Italy. German troops occupied the north and centre of the country and …

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Citation: Parisi, Luciano. "La ciociara". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 November 2013 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35008, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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