After the Divorce (Unabridged)

Written by Grazia Deledda

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Trapped in a loveless marriage beneath the unforgiving Sardinian sky, Marianna yearns for freedom. A new law offers a glimmer of hope, but the price is steep. When forced to choose between a past shrouded in pain and a future devoid of love, she embarks on a path filled with forbidden desires and agonizing choices. Haunted by the consequences of escape, Marianna finds herself caught in a tug-of-war between societal expectations and the burning embers of a rekindled love. "After the Divorce" by Grazia Deledda is a poignant exploration of sacrifice, passion, and the enduring quest for freedom amidst the unforgiving terrain of tradition and the human heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Falcon Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9798868683145

Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda was born in 1871 in Nuoro, Sardinia. The street has been renamed after her, via Grazia Deledda. She finished her formal education at 11. She published her first short story when she was 16 and her first novel, Stella D'Oriente in 1890 in a Sardinian newspaper when she was 19. Leaves Nuoro for the first time in 1899 and settles in Cagliari, the principal city of Sardinia where she meets the civil servant Palmiro Madesani who she marries in 1900 and they move to Rome. Grazia Deledda writes her best work between 1903-1920 and establishes an international reputation as a novelist. Nearly all of her work in this period is set in Sardinia. Publishes Elias Portolu in 1903. La Madre is published in 1920. She wins the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 and received it in a ceremony the following year. She dies in 1936 and is buried in the church of Madonna della Solitudine in Nuoro, near to where she was born.