Fausta Cialente

'Cause for celebration.' — Jhumpa Lahiri A novel of secrets and female solidarity set in post-war Milan, by one of Italy's most significant women writers. Fausta Cialente (1898–1994) was a novelist, journalist, political activist, and one of the first self-declared feminist Italian writers. Though the fascists censored her early work, she continued as an active member in the anti-fascist movement...