‘I REALLY LOVE AND ADMIRE THE LITTLE VIRTUES.’ -- ZADIE SMITH
‘GINZBURG GIVES US A NEW TEMPLATE FOR THE FEMALE VOICE AND AN IDEA
OF WHAT IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE.’ -- RACHEL CUSK
‘AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IS CONCERNED I THINK THEY
SHOULD BE TAUGHT NOT THE LITTLE VIRTUES BUT THE GREAT ONES.’
Between 1944 and 1960, Natalia Ginzburg wrote _The Little Virtues_, a
collection of eleven vivid portraits of life that are central to her
legacy as one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth
century. From the Italian countryside, where she and her husband lived
in exile under fascist rule, to the melancholy streets of 1960s
London, Ginzburg explores loneliness and belonging against the
backdrop of post-war Europe.
In _The Little Virtues_, Ginzburg takes familiar objects and
experiences – worn-out shoes, money boxes, meatballs, childhood,
silence – and transforms them into subjects of great significance.
While haunted by the political events of the time, Ginzburg rests her
gaze on the human intimacies that shape and define our lives:
friendships, marriage and parenthood. She describes her longest
relationship – with her writing – in a definitive piece on
vocation and motherhood, while her groundbreaking essay on raising
children remains as vital as the day it was written.
_The Little Virtues_ is a poignant portrait of Italy in the twentieth
century and a singular work of memoir: intrepid, wise and dazzling.
‘IF FERRANTE IS A FRIEND, GINZBURG IS A MENTOR.’ -- LARA FEIGEL,
_GUARDIAN_
‘A PUNCH-YOU-IN-THE-STOMACH-WITH-GRIEF-AND-BEAUTY MASTERPIECE.’ --
MAGGIE NELSON
‘A PROFOUND COMMENTARY ON ITALIAN LIFE.’ -- TIM PARKS, _LONDON
REVIEW OF BOOKS_
‘THIS REISSUE OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASSIC CONTAINS 11 ESSAYS OF
WISDOM THAT’LL LEAVE YOU SEEING THE WORLD FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE.’
-- _EMERALD STREET_
TRANSLATED BY DICK DAVIS
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ISBN
9781911547150
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Daunt Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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