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The story is set within the , a decadent boarding school that serves as an allegory for Western educational institutions.
: The girls target teachers like Polissena and the headmistress Andromaca, alongside students Creonte and Minosse. The novel culminates in a "Thestes-inspired" finale of murder and suicide that leads to the school's closure. Literary Style and Themes isabella santacroce vm 18 pdf
Santacroce emerged in the early 2000s with the “ Nero ” generation—a cohort of writers such as Niccolò Ammaniti, Paolo Giordano, and Valeria Parrella who revitalized Italian narrative with gritty realism and a post‑industrial sensibility. Her debut, Velluto (2002), already hinted at an obsession with the body as a site of both pleasure and trauma. Over the next two decades, Santacroce’s prose grew increasingly experimental, culminating in works like Bambini di ferro (2018) and La guerra dei bambini (2020), which fuse cyber‑culture, horror, and social critique. The story is set within the , a