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At the heart of Happiness, as Such is an absencean abyss that pulls everyone to its brinkcreated by a familys only son, Michele, who has fled from Italy to England to escape the dangers and threats of his radical political ties. This novel is part epistol
The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: I shot him between the eyes. As the talea plunge into the chilly waters of loneliness, desperation, and bitternessproceeds, the narrator's murder of her flighty husband takes on a ce
"As far as the education of children is concerned," states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, "I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity an
With recent attention from The New Yorker and a big increase in sales, it's clear Ginzburg's work still resonates with readers. A fresh new package and layout will appeal to established fans and attract new readers. Will include a new foreword or
From "one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy" (New York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a war. This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months befo
Natalias jødiske far Giuseppe Levi er professor i biologi, manisk optaget af sit arbejde og besat af at vandre i bjergene. Derhjemme er han en ustyrlig tyran, konstant efter alle, især sin bedrøvede og letbevægelige kone Lydia. Sammen har de fem børn og e
An almost unbearably intimate novella, The Road to the City concentrates on a young woman barely awake to life, who fumbles through her days: she is fickle yet kind, greedy yet abashed, stupidly ambitious yet loving tooshe is a mass of confusion. Shes in
"Lessico famigliare" è il libro di Natalia Ginzburg che ha avuto maggiori e più duraturi riflessi nella critica e nei lettori. La chiave di questo romanzo è delineata già nel titolo. Famigliare, perché racconta la storia di una famiglia ebraica