The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation
★ 7 · 2023 · 59m · Documentary · History
Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.
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