Behind Closed Doors: Her Father's House and Other Stories of Sicily

Stories of Sicily, immigration, and the lives of Sicilian women in the early 20th century.

Author: Maria Messina
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781558613690
ISBN10: 1558613692
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage

About the Author
Maria Messina (1887-1944) was born in Palermo, Sicily. She taught herself to read and write, eventually finding a mentor in the famed Italian realist Giovanni Verga, who encouraged her to begin writing seriously. Her works include novels, short stories, and children's tales. In 1910, she received the Medal of Gold for her first book of stories, Pettini-fini (Fine Combs).

Fred Gardaphe is the director of Italian American Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the president of MELUS (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US).

Elise Magistro holds a doctorate in Italian from UCLA and is a lecturer in Italian at Scripps College in Claremont, California.