Searching for Emma

Dacia Maraini

Original title: Cercando Emma

earliest edition we have, 1993 Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, 2005 179 pages

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Although many writers blend autobiography and fiction, few have been so forthright in admitting it as Gustave Flaubert. Reflecting on his legendary novel and protagonist, he wrote: "Madame Bovary, c'est moi." Emma Bovary has become an icon for casual readers and feminists alike, but, as Dacia Maraini argues, she is one of the most problematic, though fascinating, female protagonists in modern literature. In this liv...

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Cercando Emma edition · 2005 · Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli · 179 pages
Searching for Emma edition · 1998 · University of Chicago Press · 146 pages
Cercando Emma edition · 1993 · Rizzoli · 179 pages

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