BOOK / DIALOGUE OF A PROSTITUTE WITH HER CLIENT. Dacia Maraini

NARRATIVE

Women and sex, women and friendship, women and suffering: the three works collected in this volume explore the feminine universe in its darkest and most mysterious aspects.
The female body refuses to become a commodity in the dialogue between Manila and her client that gives the book its title: a poignant and ironic conversation in which the woman uses the only weapon at her disposal, words, to expose the lies of the man, who speaks of love and protection, but only wants to abuse her body.
In Two Provincial Women, two maids consumed by a life of servitude confide secrets and memories while working in the house of a man they barely know. As the women delve deeper into their stories of their experiences, the frustration and anger caused by a life dedicated to caring for and honoring men surface in their conversation.
A family of Sicilian immigrants stars in The Dreams of Clytemnestra. The episodes of death and madness experienced by its components oscillate between Greek tragedy and urban violence and incubate a deadly conflict between the rebellious mother, named Clytemnestra, and a daughter devoted to her father, the somber Electra.
Three stories that expose the seams of patriarchy and offer the perspective of women who have suffered it firsthand; three denunciations and an urgent invitation to change the rules of our society.

Title: Diálogo de una prostituta con su cliente
Author: Dacia Maraini
Pages: 160
Size: 14 x 21 cm
Weight: 250 grams
Genre: Fiction
Language: Spanish
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Altamarea
Year: 2021