The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

Overview

Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time.

Top Cast

Estelle Meyer

Modesta (voice)

Nathalie Richard

Self - Narrator (voice)

Frédéric Martin

Self

Nathalie Castagné

Self

Alberica Bazzoni

Self