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La sonnambula
“The Sleepwalker” (title translated by AI)
Bianca Pitzorno (born 1942)
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Since childhood she has fallen into sudden faints, waking with a premonition of something to come. Her parents hide the gift and hope a good marriage will keep her safe, but the marriage proves the most dangerous place of all, and she has to flee as far as she can and rebuild her life alone. So, in a Sardinian town at the end of the nineteenth century, begins the adventure of Ofelia Rossi, 'renowned sleepwalker', who in her parlour on the street of the Red Flower earns her living giving predictions for five lire to women anxious about themselves and those they love, until events begin to slip out of her control.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 408 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy, late 19th century
- First published
- 2026 by Bompiani
- Author's age
- 84 when first published
- ISBN
9788830153097 (original)