Download or read book The Art of Joy written by Goliarda Sapienza and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the events of the twentieth century through the experiences of Sicilian-born Modesta, who defies the conventions of her fascist, patriarchal society to rise from poverty and marry an aristocrat without compromising her deeply held values.