Two women
a novel
by Alberto Moravia
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"The two women of Alberto Moravia's powerful story are mother and daughter - Cesira, a widowed Roman shopkeeper, and Rosetta, a naive teenager of haunting beauty and devout faith. When the German army prepares to occupy Rome, Cesira packs a few provisions, sews her life savings into the seams of her dress, and flees south with Rosetta to her native province of Ciociara, a poor, mountainous region famous for providing the domestic servants of Rome.
For nine months the two women endure hunger, cold, and filth as they await the arrival of the Allied forces.".
"But the Liberation, when it comes, brings unexpected tragedy. On their way home the pair are attacked and Rosetta brutally raped by a group of Allied Moroccan soldiers. This act of violence so embitters Rosetta that she falls numbly into a life of prostitution. In his story of two women Moravia offers up an intimate portrayal of the anguish and destruction wrought by war, as devastating behind the lines as it is on the battlefield."--BOOK JACKET.
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Two women: a novel
2001, Steerforth Italia, Distributed by Publishers Group West
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- 1st Seerforth ed., English language ed.
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"A newly revised and updated translation"--P. [4] of cover.
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"AH, THOSE GOOD DAYS when I was a young bride and left my native village and came to Rome!"
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