In English
Strega 2003 · Winner
Vita
Vita
Melania G. Mazzucco · 37 when first published
Novel · 448 pages · Historical, Migration, Family
AI-generated summary:In 1903 two children from a poor village in southern Italy, twelve-year-old Diamante and nine-year-old Vita, land in New York, where they must grow up fast amid exploitation, violence and the temptations of the city.