“I Malavoglia” is the most famous novel by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga , published in Milan in 1881. The novel tells the story of a fishers’ family living and working in Acitrezza. This piece of work is particularly characterized by the careful description of places; Acitrezza is an integral part of the tale, from beginning to end.
House of the medlar tree lived in by the Malavoglias is today a local museum housing old fishermen tools and pictures from Luchino Visconti movie “La terra trema”, set in Acitrezza.
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