The Sisters Materassi

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The Sisters Materassi
Author Aldo Palazzeschi
Original titleSorelle Materassi
LanguageItalian
Publisher Vallecchi  [ it ]
Publication date
1934
Publication placeItaly
Pages307

The Sisters Materassi (Italian : Sorelle Materassi) is a 1934 novel by the Italian writer Aldo Palazzeschi. It is set in Coverciano, a suburb of Florence, and is about how three locally respected sisters take care of an orphaned nephew who desires a more fashionable living. [1]

The novel was the basis for the 1944 film The Materassi Sisters directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli [2] and the 1972 TV serial Sorelle Materassi  [ it ] directed by Mario Ferrero  [ it ]. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sisters Materassi". Kirkus Reviews . 15 June 1953. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Reich, Jacqueline; Garofalo, Piero (2002). Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943. Indiana University Press. p. 268. ISBN   9780253215185.
  3. ↑ Tellini, Gino (2002). L'opera di Aldo Palazzeschi (in Italian). L.S. Olschki. p. 437. ISBN   9788822251572.
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