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Ravera has been a regular contributor to the italian edition of Cosmopolitan . Her most popular novel, Porci con le ali ("Winged Pigs"), dealt with the disillusionment of her generation with the ideals of the late 1960s. In 1977 Ravera wrote a film adaptation of the book.
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