Two Women (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Alberto Moravia
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1943-1944
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism
- Subjects: Suffering, 1940’s, World War II, Villages, Rape, War, Italy or Italians, Refugees, Fascism, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Sant’Eufemia, Italy
Places Discussed
*Rome. Capital and largest city in Italy. Cesira goes there from her girlhood home in the mountainous region of Ciociaria after her marriage to a much older husband who owns both a small shop and an apartment in Trastevere in Vicolo del Cinque. The city forces Cesira to adapt to a different way of life from her rural upbringing and provides Alberto Moravia with a base against which he can later contrast the experiences of Cesira and her daughter in the country.
After the death of her husband, Cesira is content with her small shop, her tidy flat, and...
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