{"product_id":"malafemmena","title":"Malafemmena","description":"Louisa Ermelino's stories follow women living dangerously at home and abroad, whether in Italian-American neighborhoods or in the countries—India, Turkey, Afghanistan—where they seek escape. At home, they break ancient Italian taboos and fall victim to mobsters. Overseas, they smoke opium-laced hashish and sleep with strange men. Ermelino's voice is boisterous and endearingly blunt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is lyricism in the language of Ms. Ermelino’s splendid collection that lulls us, line after seductive line, from the mundane to the menacing. \u003ci\u003eMalafemmena\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a bold and original writer.”\u003cbr\u003e—Gay Talese \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written with generosity, curiosity, and a great deal of sharp wit.... Will speak to anyone who's found themselves gloriously stranded in a foreign land...or bemused by the strange rituals of their own tribe.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Hanya Yanagihara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Louisa Ermelino knows about the heart could fill a book and has. The unadorned authenticity of her prose is so powerful, it gave me whiplash. I read \u003ci\u003eMalafemmena\u003c\/i\u003e in one sitting and wanted more, more, more. The writer's a genius, or an alchemist, or maybe both.”\u003cbr\u003e—Patricia Volk, author of \u003ci\u003eStuffed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShocked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Louisa Ermelino is a gorgeous writer and master storyteller. Imagine a cross between Maugham and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e. She captures the madness, comedy, violence, and superstition of domestic life in NYC’s Little Italy, but also takes us all over the world—Jakarta, India, Turkey—where her characters stumble in and out of heartbreak and trouble. This book is irresistible. I loved it.”\u003cbr\u003e—Delia Ephron \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisa Ermelino \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three previous novels: \u003ci\u003eJoey Dee Gets Wise \u003c\/i\u003e(Kensington, 2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Black Madonna \u003c\/i\u003e(Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, reprint, 2013), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters Mallone \u003c\/i\u003e(Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, reprint, 2013). She is Vice President and Reviews Director \u003ci\u003eat Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003ein New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50044444475736,"sku":"9781941411292","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781941411292_d85b0abd-8f54-445b-86b5-92b705d0d123.jpg?v=1765303241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/malafemmena","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}