‘IT WAS INCREDIBLE HOW FEAR AND DANGER NEVER PRODUCED IGNOBLE WORDS
BUT ALWAYS TRUE ONES, WORDS THAT WERE TORN FROM YOUR VERY HEART.’
Anna, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in a small town in northern Italy,
finds herself pregnant after a brief romance. To save her reputation,
she marries aneccentric older family friend, Cenzo Rena, and they move
to his village in the south. Their relationship is touched by tragedy
and grace as the events of their life in the countryside run parallel
to the war and the encroaching threat of fascism – and in their
wake, a society dealing with anxiety and grief.
At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both
deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids, neighbourhood
quarrels and bombings. With her signature clear-eyed wit, Natalia
Ginzburg asks how we can act with integrity when faced with
catastrophe, and how we can love well.
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ISBN
9781914198243
Publisert
2022
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Vendor
Daunt Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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