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Bittersweet memoirs make the most interesting reading. Maraini journeys back to bagheria, her sicilian hometown, to make peace with family ghosts and revisit the place her heart calls home. She is the daughter of sicilian princess topazia alliata di salaparuta, an artist and art dealer, and of fosco maraini, a florentine. Although she is not widely known in this country, dacia maraini. See all books authored by dacia maraini, including the silent duchess, and donna in guerra, and more on. Marainis works have a general pattern to which they abide. Click to read more about bagheria by dacia maraini. Bagheria 1993 is marainis only autobiographical work to date. Dacia marainis most popular book is the silent duchess.
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