SERIES:OTHER VOICES OF ITALY
ThenewRutgersUniversityPressSeriesOtherVoicesofItalypresentstextsofanygenreoriginallywritteninItalian.Its principalaimistointroduceneworpastauthors–whohaveuntilnowbeenmarginalized–toanEnglish-speakingreadership. Theserieswillhighlightcontemporaryimmigrantauthors,aswellaswriterswhohaveneverbeentranslatedorwhoarein needofaneworcontemporarytranslation.Theseries'editorsalsoaimtoraisethevisibilityoftranslationasanartformthat enhancestheappreciationofculturaldiversity.
AntoloGaia
QueeringtheSeventies,ARadical TransMemoir
PorporaMarcasciano
TranslatedbyFrancescoPascuzzi& SandraWaters
ForewordbySaraGalli&Mohammad JavadJamali
"PorporaMarcascianosaysofthis electrifyingmemoirthat,ifshe could,shewouldhavewrittenitin versetobettercapturethewild anarchicenergyoftheworldthat fueledheractivism.Noneed.Her lifestoryispoetryenough.Whata gifttoEnglishspeakersforherstory tofindusnow,whenweneedthe inspirationofasmuchwildanarchic energyaspossible."—SusanStryker, authorof TransgenderHistory:The RootsofToday'sRevolution RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
October2023364pp
9781978835788 £14.99 PB
WhenThingsHappen
ANovel
AngeloCannavacciuolo
TranslatedbyGregoryPell
ForewordbyJayParini
"FromRaffaeleLaCapriatoFabrizia RamondinoandtoDomenico Starnone,wenowhaveAngelo Cannavacciuolo’sviewofNaples fromatripleperspectivethat includesandintegratesclass, identity,andtheharshrealityof urbanlife.Boldlyunmitigated, When ThingsHappen offersauniqueand necessaryversionofNaplestothe non-Italianreader."—Anthony JulianTamburri,authorof ReReadingItalianAmericana: SpecificitiesandGeneralitieson LiteratureandCriticism
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October2023272pp
9781978837102 £14.99 PB
TheRoundDance
ANovel
CarmineAbate
TranslatedbyMichelangeloLaLuna ForewordbyFrancescoAltimari
"CarmineAbateinvitesreadersto experiencetheItalo-Albanianworld andtodeepentheirappreciationfor theuniquenessoftheArbëreshë community.Stepbackintime throughthelivelycharactersofthis brilliantlywrittennovelthatexplores themesofcollectivememory,myth andreality,migration,andcultural transmission."—MithatGashi, Albanian-Americanactivist
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October2023254pp
9781978837430 £14.99 PB
Oh,Serafina!
AFableofEcology,Lunacy,and Love
GiuseppeBerto
TranslatedbyGregoryConti
ForewordbyMatteoGilebbi
"Entertaining,profound,andtimely, GiuseppeBerto’s Oh,Serafina! showsthemarvelshiddeninworlds that,despitetheirapparent marginality,teemwithvitalityand poetry.Perfectlyattunedwiththe novel’sspiritandrhythm,Gregory Conti’seleganttranslationprompts therediscoveryofthisjewelof Italianliterature."—SerenellaIovino, authorof EcocriticismandItaly: Ecology,Resistance,andLiberation RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
September2023140pp
9781978835740 £14.99 PB
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TheOutcast
ANovel
LuigiPirandello
TranslatedbyBradfordA.Masoni
ForewordbyDanielaBini
"Accusedofanaffairshenevercommitted,MartaAjala battlesagainstmisogynyandmalicetocreatean independentlifeforherself,hermother,andsister. Masoni'snewtranslationofPirandello'sgreatwork brilliantlycapturesthenovel'suniqueblendofrealism andmodernismthroughtoitsparadoxical conclusion."—AnnHallamoreCaesar,coauthorof ModernItalianLiterature RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS September2023314pp
InPraiseofDisobedience
ClareofAssisi,ANovel
DaciaMaraini
IntroductionbyRudolphBell
TranslatedbyJaneTylus
"AswithFrancis,forClaretheprofoundsignificanceof povertyisthatonehasthefreedomtoinventone's owndestiny.Withthisbook,inpartanexchangeof letterswithamysteriousinterlocutor,inpartadiary, DaciaMarainihasaddedaprecious,missinglinktoher feministwritings,allthemoreconvincingforits distancefromanyformofphilosophicalorpolitical abstraction."—EmanueleTrevi,CorrieredellaSera
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January2023250pp
9781978833920 £14.99 PB
ReversingtheGaze
WhatIftheOtherWereYou?
GenevièveMakaping
TranslatedbyGiovannaBellesiaContuzzi &VictoriaOffrediPoletto
ContributionsbyCaterinaRomeo
EditedbySimoneBrioni
"Aboldstatementaboutlanguage,identity,and belonging.Makaping’sunparalleleddissectionofwhite Italyisfearless,unnerving,andunfailinglyaccurate. WithoutdoubtthefoundationaltextofBlackItalian studies."—DerekDuncan,co-editorof Transnational ModernLanguages
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IslamandMe
NarratingaDiaspora
ShirinRamzanaliFazel
EditedbySimoneBrioni
ForewordbyCharlesBurdett
“Poeticandautobiographical, IslamandMe examines theintersectionofmedia,memory,andlanguagewhile questioningtraditionalmodelsofknowledge.Asa Muslimwomaninoneoftheworld’smostdistinctively Catholiccountries,Fazeladvocatesfortransnational belonging,andherwitnessisforeveryoneworking towardsmoreequitablesocietiestoday.”—Marie Orton,coeditorof ContemporaryItalianDiversityin CriticalandFictionalNarratives
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MyLanguageIsaJealousLover
AdriánN.Bravi
TranslatedbyVictoriaOffrediPoletto
&GiovannaBellesiaContuzzi
ForewordbyShirinRamzanaliFazel
“Awonderfulsemi-autobiographicalbookabout thinkingandwritinginasecondlanguage,about embracingmanylanguageswithoutbetrayingone’s mothertongue.Athoughtfulbookaboutthelanguages inwhichglobalcitizensthinkandwrite.”—Graziella Parati,authorof MigrationItaly
MyLanguageIsaJealousLover explorestheplightsand successesofauthorswholivedandwroteinlanguages otherthantheirmothertongue,fromSamuelBeckett andVladimirNabokovtoÁgotaKristófandJosephBrodsky.
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
January2023158pp
9781978834583 £14.99 PB
January2023226pp
9781978834682 £14.99 PB
Life,Brazenand Garish
ATaleofThreeWomen
DaciaMaraini TranslatedbyElviraG.
DiFabio ForewordbySara
Teardo
Marainiuseslanguageand stylistics,ratherthan description,todefineher threewomenprotagonists.
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2024190pp
9781978839731£14.99 PB
Forthcoming
TheCaravaggio Syndrome
ANovel
AlessandroGiardino TranslatedbyJoyce
Myerson
ForewordbyAra
Merjian
"Inagenre-bending triptychthatisboth expansiveandintimate, AlessandroGiardinopaints avibranttableauvivantthatisaboldyetgraceful studyoflife,love,andart."—ChristopherDiRaddo, authorof TheGeographyofPluto:ANovel
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April20244b&w,4color206pp
9781978839496 £14.99 PB
Glory
TheGospelofJudas,A Novel GiuseppeBerto TranslatedbyGregory Conti
Forewordby AlessandroVettori
“Masteryofliterary techniquemakesthe readersensoriallypresent infirst-century Palestine."—William Franke,professorofcomparativeliteratureat VanderbiltUniversity
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
March2024240pp
9781978839571 £14.99 PB
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