Alberto Moravia - Egy asszony meg a lánya

World War II is coming to an end. Thousands of people flee from the increasingly dangerous and looted Rome to the countryside, where they hope for food and safety. Among them, Cesira, who turned from a peasant girl into a shopkeeper in the capital, and the daughter of all goodness and purity, Rosetta. Throwing themselves here and there in the frightening maelstrom of German and Italian fascists, black people, wild peasants, bona fide miscreants, they "learn history", cherishing the hope that one day all troubles will end, and then they can start life anew. They can start - but at what price!...
The most bitter consequence of war is that it makes a person insensitive, hardens his heart and kills his compassion - sums up Moravia. Considered one of the best novels of all time, the work was published in Italian in 1957. It has been translated into many languages. It has also been made into a film, a play and an opera.