The Missing Half

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Zuccarini Cinzia
Talia
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2024
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When an archaeological dig uncovers the remains of a young girl, the fragments of her short life are pieced together to reveal a rich and evocative picture of eighteenth-century Venice. Abandoned at birth, with only one half of a broken coin to identify her, the young Prudenza is raised in the Conservatorio della Pietà, the famed Venetian orphanage and music school. Her virtuosity as a violinist earns her a place in the household of the Palazzo Grimani, where her story unfolds through the pages of her poignant diaries. We hear first-hand her intimate accounts of life in one of Venice's most powerful families - the intrigues, loves and scandals - as well as the artistic and social frustrations suffered by women of the time. Blessed only with musical accomplishment in a society where family status and connections are all, Prudenza must find her own identity in an alienating world. Winner of the "Lorenzo Da Ponte" prize for literature, "The Missing Half" sets a fictional personal story within an historically accurate depiction of Venice in 1770, at the height of its artistic and musical splendour. (Roisin Robothan-Jones)
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