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''Paper Fish'' is a 1980 novel by Antoinette "Tina" De Rosa (born 1944),〔"(Paper Fish )." Feminist Press. Retrieved on April 7, 2014.〕 published initially by Wine Press and re-published by The Feminist Press in 1996.〔Lauerman, Connie. "Lady In Waiting." ''Chicago Tribune''. September 2, 1996. p. (1 ). Retrieved on March 14, 2014.〕 The novel is set in Little Italy, the Italian community around Taylor Street, in the Near West Side,〔Candeloro, Dominic. "Chicago's Italians: A Survey of the Ethnic Factor, 1850–1990." In: Jones, Peter d'Alroy and Melvin G. Holli. ''Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait''. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1995. p. 229–259. ISBN 0802870538, 9780802870537. p. (231 ).〕 during the 1940s and the 1950s.〔LoLordo, Ann. "(DeRosa's 'Paper Fish' -- growing up Italian )." ''Baltimore Sun''. October 6, 1996. Retrieved on March 14, 2014.〕 Connie Lauerman of the ''Chicago Tribune'' described ''Paper Fish'' as an "autobiographical novel".〔 The book's main character is Carmolina BellaCasa and the book is centered on her family. The primary relationship in the novel is between the main character and Doria, her grandmother. Other characters include Carmolina's father and mother and her ill older sister.〔 ==Story== The book's chapters consist of the Prelude, chapters Parts I-VI, and an Epilogue.〔Bona, p. 95-96 (JSTOR PDF 10-11/21).〕 Mary Jo Bona, author of "Broken Images, Broken Lives: Carmolina's Journey in Tina De Rosa's ''Paper Fish''," described the novel as having an "unconventional" structure and a circular form.〔Bona, p. 96 (JSTOR PDF 11/21).〕 The prelude is narrated in the first-person by Carmolina, who is unborn at this point.〔 After the prelude the story uses the third-person narrative form. Part I, "The Memory," describes the childhood memories of Doria and the lives of Carmolina's parents. Part II, "Summer 1949 - Late July," chronicles the efforts of residents of Carmolina's neighborhood in searching for her, since she has run away from home. A meeting in the kitchen of the BellaCasa house occurs at the end of the scene. Bona wrote that Doria "dominates" the kitchen scene.〔 Part III, "The Family," chronicles Doria's life when she had been recently married. It also has a section about the marriage of Carmolina's parents. The destruction of the BellaCasa family residence by a fire takes place in this chapter.〔 Part IV, "Summer 1949 - Early June" describes Doriana's illness, the lives of the residents of Carmolina's neighborhood, and Carmolina's observations of area gypsies. In this chapter the family considers institutionalizing Doriana.〔 Fearing that if the family sends Doriana away, she may be sent away too, Carmolina makes herself become ill to end the family meeting. Carmolina decides to run away from home, and in Part V, "Summer 1949 - Late July," she goes on a streetcar and goes to a neighborhood described by Bona as "unfriendly to ethnics."〔 The chapter includes Carmolina's recollections of conversations between herself and her grandmother. Bona wrote that the recollections "clarify her understanding of herself and Doriana's illness."〔 Doriana has a high fever in this chapter; Bona wrote that this occurs "as though (is ) cognizant of Carmolina's absence".〔 The police discover Carmolina and return her to her household, where Carmolina becomes ill with a malady similar to Doriana's.〔 The final part takes place nine years after the previous chapter. In Part VI, "Summer 1958", Carmolina and Doria have a ritual ceremony. Bona wrote that "In this symbolic scene, Carmolina receives a legacy of selfhood."〔 The immigrant community in Carmolina's neighborhood is forced to move away in the book's epilogue.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paper Fish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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