The Postmistress
12 hrs. 40 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Francesca Giannone
Author
Francesca Giannone
Narrator
Zoya Yarovitsina
Narrator
Zoya Yarovitsina
Description
You have mail! A story based on real events— in Zoya Yarovitsyna’s narration.
The debut novel by young Italian writer Francesca Giannone, which became a literary sensation in Italy—already sold more than 580,000 copies, and publishing rights have been sold to 37 countries. The novel is based on the author’s great-great-grandmother’s story. It tells of Anna’s life: a young woman from the north of Italy who, in 1934, moved with her family to the south of the country—to her husband’s homeland. Becoming the first woman mail carrier in Lizzanello, Anna challenges the patriarchal norms of society. For more than 20 years, first on foot and then on a bicycle, she delivers important correspondence to the residents—letters from soldiers at the front, postcards from those who left Italy forever, and messages from secret lovers. Anna reads letters to the illiterate—and even teaches them to read and write. Without even noticing it herself, the brave “outsider” from the north will change a lot in this southern town and seriously affect the situation of its women.
The debut novel by young Italian writer Francesca Giannone, which became a literary sensation in Italy—already sold more than 580,000 copies, and publishing rights have been sold to 37 countries. The novel is based on the author’s great-great-grandmother’s story. It tells of Anna’s life: a young woman from the north of Italy who, in 1934, moved with her family to the south of the country—to her husband’s homeland. Becoming the first woman mail carrier in Lizzanello, Anna challenges the patriarchal norms of society. For more than 20 years, first on foot and then on a bicycle, she delivers important correspondence to the residents—letters from soldiers at the front, postcards from those who left Italy forever, and messages from secret lovers. Anna reads letters to the illiterate—and even teaches them to read and write. Without even noticing it herself, the brave “outsider” from the north will change a lot in this southern town and seriously affect the situation of its women.
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