Maria Messina’s writing is dedicated to those who, in her experience, were considered to be of little importance in early 20th century society: women. She was a woman writing about the silence around other women, most likely because she knew no one else would. She was, in the words of Leonardo Sciascia, the Sicilian Mansfield.…Read more Maria Messina: Camilla, from the collection Sicilian girls
Maria Messina
Maria Messina
"Abitofbread was the laughingstock of the town: children threw stones at his legs or prickly-pear skins at his naked feet; and women, who, especially in summer, spent their time sitting on their doorsteps, winked slyly at each other the minute they saw him turn the corner..." https://paralleltexts.blog/2016/07/03/solo-paneabitofbread-by-maria-messina/ https://paralleltexts.blog/tag/maria-messina/
Solo-Pane/Abitofbread by Maria Messina
Solo-Pane Maria Messina Solo-Pane era il divertimento dei ragazzi, che gli tiravano sassi fra le gambe o bucce di fichi d’India su’ piedi scalzi, ed anche lo spasso delle donne che, specie d’estate quando sedevano sugli usci, s’ammiccavano vedendolo comparire alla cantonata. Egli restava un po’ lontano dai crocchi e chiedeva con…Read more Solo-Pane/Abitofbread by Maria Messina
La Merica/’Merica by Maria Messina
La Mèrica Di Maria Messina . Di poi, passaru l'autri cchiu di trenta: li picciotti sciamaru comu l'api; Mi parsi ca lu scuru ad uno ad uno si l'avissi agghiuttutu, e ca lu ventu, 'ntra dda negghia tirrana 'mpiccicusa l'avissi straminatu pri lu munnu. Lu scuru li tirava, una centona, un ciarmulizzu, e…Read more La Merica/’Merica by Maria Messina
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