The Art of Joy

The tumultuous twentieth century, told through the life of a single extraordinary woman. Winner, USA Best Book Award in Fiction “From its explosive, disturbing opening to the quiet cadences of its lyrical prose, [ The Art of Joy ] is crammed with passion, ideas, adventure, and mystery.” — San Francisco Chronicle Rejected by a series of publishers, abandoned in a chest for twenty years, Goliarda Sapienza’s masterpiece, The Art of Joy , survived a turbulent path to publication. It wasn't until 200