Aistríodh Athmháthair ó Accabadora, le Michela Murgia, a d'fhoilsigh Giulo Einaudi editore, Torino, in 2009. Bhuaigh an bunsaothar an Premio Campiello, Duais Moliello, Duais Idirnáisiúnta Litríochta Mondello, Duais Cuneo don Chéad Úrscéal, Duais Vidana agus Duais Giuseppe Dessi. Máire Nic Mhaoláin a d'aistrigh ón Iodáilis. Tá an t-úrscéal seo suite sa tSairdín, sna blianta 1950-1960, agus an tsochaí ag teacht as an bhochtaineacht i ndiaidh dhá chogadh dhomhanda, sean-nósanna á gcleachtadh go fóill, agus an teanga dhúchais i réim. Cé bith acu a bhí an Accabadora ann tráth dáiríre, nó gan í ach ina péarsa bhéaloideasa a dtráchtfaí uirthí go fóill, tá saothar as an gcoiteann anseo ag údar Sardach, agus éachtaintí spéisiúla ar bhéascna pobail. Formerly beautiful and at one time betrothed to a fallen soldier, Bonaria Urrai has a long held covenant with the dead. Midwife to the dying, easing their suffering and sometimes ending it, she is revered and feared in equal measure as the village’s Accabadora. When Bonaria adopts Maria, the unloved fourth child of a widow, she tries to shield the girl from the truth about her role as an angel of mercy. Moved by the pleas of a young man crippled in an accident, she breaks her golden rule of familial consent, and in the recriminations that follow, Maria rejects her and flees Sardinia for Turin. Adrift in the big city, Maria strives as ever to find love and acceptance, but her efforts are overshadowed by the creeping knowledge of a debt unpaid, of a duty and destiny that must one day be hers. Accabadora has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy’s prestigious Premio Campiello.
