“Virità” is the Sicilian truth as told by Sicilian women. The protagonists of these twenty stories, tired of often being forgotten or misrepresented, eventually take the floor to tell their own stories and explain their version of the facts to the reader. Goddesses, saints, artists, noblewomen, revolutionaries, heretics, women waiting to be heard. This collection, the result of a wide and accurate research, is emotional fiction full of profound and unconditional love for Sicily.
Giusy Sciacca
Sicilian author and playwright living today between Rome and Syracuse, Giusy Sciacca published the Italian version of this book Virità, femminile singolare-plurale (Kalós) in 2021, and her first novel D’amore e di rabbia (Neri Pozza) in 2023. Awarded national literary prizes, she was nominated “Sicilian Woman 2023”. In addition to writing, she is also an air traffic controller and aviation manager.