The Book of the Virgins
D'Annunzio, Gabriele / Parks, Tim![The Book of the Virgins](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/913/9137825/CHSBZCOP039137825.jpg)
The Book of the Virgins, " published here in its first English translation, is one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's very first collections. Remarkable for its descriptive powers, it is a compelling account of self-knowledge and coming-of-age. Recovering from a near-fatal illness, a young woman resolves to experience for herself all that life has to offer. Spurning her old saintly ways, she sets out to explore the beauty and energy in everything around...