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Wanda Marasco

Born 1953 · Italy

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    Strega 2017 · Shortlist

    La compagnia delle anime finte

    Title translated by AI:“The Company of False Souls”

    Wanda Marasco · 64 when first published

    Novel · 238 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:From the hill of Capodimonte, Rosa speaks to the body of her dead mother, Vincenzina, reliving her mother's poor childhood, her marriage amid the rubble of postwar Naples and the money-lending in its alleys.