In English
Strega 2009 · Winner
Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater
Tiziano Scarpa · 45 when first published
Novel · 170 pages · Historical, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In a Venetian orphanage in the early eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Cecilia plays the violin behind a grille by day and writes at night to the mother who abandoned her. Then a new violin teacher arrives: Antonio Vivaldi.