Liberally borrowing from the lives of the Nobel Prize winning Italian author Grazia Deledda and her husband, Palmir Madesani, "Her Husband" follows the fortunes of Silvia Roncella, a talented but retiring writer, and her husband Giustino, who convinces her to move from their small Piedmont village to Rome to advance her career. Once in the capital, Giustino sets about becoming his wife s agent and publicist, unashamedly advertising her work to publishers, critics, journalists, and the public, and becoming the laughingstock of the city s literati in the process. Silvia herself, tired of her husband s enthusiastic machinations, drifts away from him and into the arms of Maurizio Gueli, an older author. In the end, however, the fate of both husband and wife will be touched by tragedy. This gripping novel is as much a critical portrait of the literary scene of early 20th-century Rome as it is a poignant examination of male and female relationships and roles.
"Inspirada libremente en la vida de la autora italiana y ganadora del Premio Nobel Grazia Deledda y la de su esposo, Palmir Madesani, "Su marido "sigue las fortunas de Silvia Roncella, una escritora talentosa pero retraida, y las de su esposo Giustino, quien la convence a mudarse de su pequeno pueblo en el Piamonte a Roma para avanzar su carrera. Una vez situados en la capital, Giustano se convierte en el agente y publicista de su esposa, descaradamente haciendole propaganda a la obra de su mujer a las editoriales, los criticos, los periodistas y el publico, y convirtiendose en el hazmerreir de los intelectuales de la ciudad. Silvia misma, cansada ya de las maquinaciones entusiasticas de su esposo, se distancia de el y cae en los brazos de Maurizio Gueli, un escritor mayor. Al fin, sin embargo, la tragedia tocara los destinos de los esposos. Esta novela apasionante es tanto un retrato critico del mundo literario de Roma a principios del siglo XX como un examen conmovedor de las relaciones entre los hombres y las mujeres y el papel que desempenan ambos sexos.""