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Wikipedia article




'Bebo's Girl' is a historical fiction novel by Italian writer Carlo Cassola which was published in 1960 and was awarded that years Premio Strega. Its initial reception was enthusiastic and an English translation by Marguerite Waldman was published in 1962 as 'Bebos Girl'. By 1995 the original had been through in 14 editions.Catalogue of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Plot summary



Mara, a young woman from Monteguidi, a small town in the Val d'Elsa, who, in the aftermath of the Liberation, meets the partisan Bube, hero of the Resistance, and falls in love with him.

Film adaptation



In 1963 the book was made into a film, also called 'La ragazza di Bube', directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Claudia Cardinale as Mara.

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* [http://bur.rcslibri.corriere.it/sclibro.php?idlb=2938 BUR libri]

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