The story passes through different periods in history based on the progress of the plot. The character of Margherita appears at times as a holy figure of the 12th century, and at times in the form of a modern day Margherita.
Was there an imaginary connection created between the two characters? Is the modern day Margherita influenced psychologically or physically by the Holy Margherita? Is it a case of reincarnation?
The novel takes the reader to a distant period in Tuscany, and returns him to present day reality. The reader will experience two historic periods eight hundred years apart, yet intertwined with each other.
Revelations, parallel lives shrouded in mystery and mysterious, hallucinatory reality, occurring in the most beautiful region in the world where history always blended with romance, religion and mystery.
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / HistoricalWithin a few months the new wife became pregnant and ultimately gave birth to a son. Margherita was busy most of the day cultivating her vegetable garden in a small area behind the house and became completely neglected, since the attention of the proud father was given entirely to the new baby. Since neither father nor stepmother acknowledged her existence, Margherita stuck to Graziella whom she saw as a true friend.
The next year, the new wife became pregnant once again, and gave birth to another son. Tancredi’s happiness knew no bounds as now he had two sons who eventually would be able to help him in the fields.
When Margherita turned nine, Graziella left for another village where she found steady work as a laundress at the home of a wealthy landowner. She could not earn enough money from the intermittent work that Tancredi threw her way. Margherita suffered most from Graziella’s absence, and began walking around barefoot and half-naked among the farm animals. During the cold winter days when she played outdoors with neighbors’ children, she was not warmly dressed and was always in rags and canvas mats that had seen better days.
Margherita, despite being beautiful with long golden hair that attracted the attention of strangers and passersby alike, never once received a caress or a hug, not from her father nor her stepmother. At home she felt detested and unwanted. Her father Tancredi saw her as the cause of all his troubles, and turned his head away from her because she reminded him too much of his first wife.
At the age of twelve, Margherita looked after her two younger stepbrothers, and became a slave in her own home. Her world centered around household chores and the children. Her best moments were on Sundays when she went with everyone to church to pray, and was dressed in clean neat clothing.
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Author review: My book "The two Margheritas" was translated into Spanish by Mr. Carlos Rojas. I do not speak Spanish, so I sent the sample of the translation to my friend in Buenos Aires, A cultural woman with extensive knowledge of literature, she said that this translation was made by an excellent translator. And this was a compliment for Mr. Carlos Rojas. As for now, he started to translate my book ''Into the depth of Silence''. |
