A Single Witness
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Product Details
Author:
Christine Balint
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
324
Publisher:
Spinifex Press (May 4, 2026)
Imprint:
Spinifex Press
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9781922964342
ISBN-10:
1922964344
Weight:
17.92oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9" x 0.9"
File:
Eloquence-IPG_05162026_P10097361_onix30-20260516.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$26.95
Pub Discount:
32
Case Pack:
36
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$25.60
Publisher Identifier:
P-IPG
Discount Code:
H
Overview
It is 1756. In the mountain village of Piovene, outside Venice, 13-year-old Anna Maria Bonon lives a spartan life with her grandmother and father. In the daytime, she cards wool at the local mill. At home, she raises silkworms. She is afraid of her violent father, Giacomo, who scrambles for work and drinks his sorrows away at the osteria. When Giacomo is arrested for a public brawl, Anna Maria and her grandmother walk miles to the court in Vicenza.
But instead of trying to free him, Anna Maria accuses her father of unspeakable crimes that he committed against her. The Council of Ten from Venice arrive to investigate. She is the single witness.
Set against the evocative background of the fecund Veneto region, A Single Witness provides an insight into 18th century village life in Italy where being a young girl with an abusive father is a tough reality that would have crushed many others.
Drawing closely on original trial documents from Venetian archives, prize-winning novelist Christine Balint brings to light the true story of Anna Maria Bonon and her brave pursuit of justice at a time when a man’ s authority over his family was unquestioned.
