{"product_id":"the-art-of-joy","title":"The Art of Joy","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoliarda Sapienza (1924-1996) was born in the Sicilian city of Catania. At sixteen, she moved to Rome to study at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and during the 1950s and '60s she was an actress in both films and the theater. She wrote several novels, though her most important work, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, remained unpublished until after her death. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnne Milano Appel, Ph.D., a former library director and language teacher, has been translating professionally for more than fifteen years. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sapienza's prose is breathless throughout, urgent, driven forward by the twin engines of sex and history....It's a feast delivered on small plates.\" --\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"From its explosive, disturbing opening to the quiet cadences of its lyrical close, [ \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e] is crammed with passion, ideas, adventure, and mystery.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the publishing event of the summer...As errant, excessive, and irresistible as the woman at its heart, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e more than lives up to the title. Modesta's 'intense feeling for life' overcomes whatever obstacles the ideologies of 'sorrow, humiliation, and fear' can throw at her as she embraces 'life's fluidity.'\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBoyd Tonkin, The Independent (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE TUMULTUOUS TWENTIETH CENTURY, TOLD THROUGH THE LIFE OF A SINGLE EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejected by a series of publishers, abandoned in a chest for twenty years, Goliarda Sapienza's masterpiece, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, survived a turbulent path to publication. It wasn't until 2005, when it was released in France, that this novel received the recognition it deserves. At last, Sapienza's remarkable book is available in English. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e centers on Modesta, a Sicilian woman born in 1900 whose strength and character are an affront to conventional morality. Impoverished as a child, Modesta believes she is destined for a better life. She is able, through grace and intelligence, to secure marriage to an aristocrat without compromising her own deeply felt values, and revels in upsetting the rules of her fascist, patriarchal society. This is the history of the twentieth century seen through the perspective of one extraordinary woman. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSapienza, Goliarda\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGoliarda Sapienza\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1996) was born in the Sicilian city of Catania, into a staunchly anti-fascist family. At sixteen, she moved to Rome to study at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and during the 1950s and '60s she was an actress in both films and the theater. She wrote several novels, though her most important work, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, remained unpublished until after her death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eAppel, Anne Milano\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnne Milano Appel\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., a former library director and language teacher, has been translating professionally for over fifteen years, and is a member of ALTA, ATA, NCTA and PEN. Many of her book-length translations have been published, and shorter works that she has authored or translated have appeared in other professional and literary venues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sapienza, Goliarda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2014-07-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiction|Historical|General|Fiction|Literary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250050243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781250050243\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147930824985,"sku":"SP-9781250050243","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9781250050243_spiral.png?v=1774200665","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/the-art-of-joy","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}