"English fiction American writers texts." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Shutter of Snow"@en . . "In a prose and form as startling as its content, The Shutter of Snow portrays the post-partum psychosis of Marthe Gail, who after giving birth to her son, is committed to an insane asylum. Believing herself to be God, she maneuvers through an institutional world that is both sad and terrifying, echoing the worlds of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Snake Pit.-- back cover" . . . "Il manto di neve : romanzo" . "Fiction" . . . . . . "Il manto di neve : i folli anni della mia follia" . . "Portrays the post-partum psychosis of Marthe Gail, who after giving birth to her son, is committed to an insane asylum. Believing herself to be god, she manuevers through an institutional world that is both sad and terrifying." . "Shutter of Snow" . . . . "The shutter of snow"@en . "The shutter of snow" . . . . . "The Shutter of snow" . . . . . . .