Accabadora
Murgia, Michela, 1972-20232012
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Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, Bibaria Urrai is revered and feared in equal measure as the village's Accabadora. When she adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy.
Main title:
Accabadora / Michela Murgia ; translated from the Italian by Silvester Mazzarella.
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Imprint:
London : MacLehose, 2012.London : MacLehose, 2012.
Collation:
204 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2011.
ISBN:
9780857050472 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
127341