by GIOVANNI VERGA
A new translation by ALFRED ALEXANDER of the Sicilian story first published in 1880 Like most of Verga's stories, it is based on fact. Its central character, Mother Pina , was known as La Lupa. the she-wolf. Verga's play La Lupa (1896) was first performed in England this week in the World Theatre Season at the Aldwych Theatre, London.
Reader, GABRIEL WOOLF