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16 March 2024

La Rosa armata

by Durante Costanza , Menini Elisa
La Rosa armata

Langhe, 1943. Rosa Novaro is sixteen years old when she finds her father’s body lying on the snow. A single gunshot in the back – just one – even if, judging by all that blood, you would not think so. Shortly after that, she will begin her journey, with her feet in the snow and in the mud, and with just one goal: to save her own skin and that of Gisella and her unborn child, son of her partisan brother.It is just when all seems lost that the two girls discover that they are not alone: other women live in the wood, women who take up guns and fight against fascists and against all those who try to tame them. In this graphic novel, Costanza Durante’s delicate writing and Elisa Menini’s irresistible line create the story of a yesteryear young girl but always timeless. A story of fiction, able to re-write the contours of Resistance as we know it today, to underline the role of thousands of forgotten women who, during the years of Fascism, chose the armed struggle, shooting like men, but often without the support of men.

  • Publishing house Minimum Fax
  • Year of publication 2022
  • Number of pages 216
  • ISBN 9788833893563
  • Foreign Rights Tiziana Belo rights@minimumfax.com
  • Price 18.00

Durante Costanza , Menini Elisa

Costanza Durante was born in Milan, has grown in Naples and lives in Rome. Screenwriter and writer, she published two novels and currently works for cinema and tv.

Elisa Menini was born in Rimini. She began her career in 2009. She is author and member of the group of comics autoproduction “Incubo alla Balena”. She published Nippon Folklore (Oblomov 2019), Nippon Yokai (Oblomov 2020) and Nippon Monogatari (2021). In 2021 she won the Boscarato Prize for best artist.

La Rosa armata
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