Darkness: Fiction

by Dacia Maraini

In sparse prose that echoes the files of a police report, Maraini gives an elegant, resounding voice to the string of victims who receive only too fleeting mention in the media each day. Among them is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586420488
• ISBN13: 9781586420482
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Steerforth Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

From the Belly of the Beast

Short stories on the worst Rome has to offer. A little boy gets raped and killed. Two Albanian teenagers sold into Italian Prostitution. In Africa, a nun is raped by Muslim bandits. We get inside an insane asylum, hear about the abuse by a father, and ever so much more. In all the stories we see Police Commissioner Adele Sofia at work, at times helped by Inspector Marra.The stories are devastating because they ring so true. The author writes straight forward, not losing any time on asides or descriptions. Brute crimes, basic language.