Of Women, Writing, and Recognition

Multiple transitions in the works of Susan Caperna Lloyd

“…In Processione , the leading part is played by Caperna Lloyd's friend, Gian Carlo Decimo, who acts as the narrative voiceover, delving into the ancient history of the Misteri . Conversely, the two creative pieces that later on revisited and reconsidered the same incident – namely a 1991 short story published in Italian Americana , ‘No pictures in my grave: A woman's journey in Sicily’, soon expanded into the travel memoir that consecrated her fame, No Pictures in My Grave: A Spiritual Journey in Sicily (Caperna Lloyd, 1992) – are unquestionably ‘woman-centered’ (Giunta, 2002: 98), and therefore transgressive texts.…”