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Cribbing from the crime pages of Italian newspapers, Dacia Maraini creates in Darkness a memorable cast of characters for whom la dolce vita is merely a pipe dream. Among them is 12-year-old Viollca, an Albanian immigrant sold into prostitution by her parents, and Tano, a boy who brings charges of abuse against his father. Connecting the stories is Adele-Sofia, a tenderhearted police commissioner with nerves of steel. In spare, lyrical prose, Darkness illuminates Romeıs underbelly with courage and compassion. Maraini, winner of Italy's prestigious literary award, the Strega Prize, is one of the most important writers in Italian and feminist literature.

"A dozen grim vignettes show the brutish side of Italian life....Simple, sobering riffs of whodunit stuff...."

Kirkus, 08/01/2002

"Maraini's sparer stories can be predictable..., but there's a haunting quality to her more complex explorations of emotional bondage."

John Hartl, New York Times Book Review, 11/10/2002

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