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ITALIAN Fiction/Biography Clena Gianini Belotti. Prima delia quiete: Storia di ltalia Donati. Milan. Rizzoli. 2003. 244 pages. euro15. ISBN 88-17-87222-9
ELENA GIANINI BELOTTI is the author of numerous works of fiction that have met with critical success and enjoyed the continuous favor of Italian readers. Two classic essay collections, DaIIn parte delie bambine and Prima le donne e i bambini (published in 1973 and 1980, respectively), are still in print and selling briskly. Also of note are the novels and short story collections II flore dell'ibisco, Adagio un poco mosso, Pimpl osell, Apri le porte all'alba, and VoIi. Her books have won several literary prizes.
The subtitle of Prima delia quiete tips off the reader that this is the story of an actual young woman, ltalia Donati, evoked by the...