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The City and the House
Natalia Ginzburg
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Arcade
, 2013-01-10
主題
Fiction / Historical / General
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Biographical
Fiction / Romance / Historical / General
Fiction / Cultural Heritage
Fiction / Women
Fiction / Jewish
ISBN
1611456916
9781611456912
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rp_zwAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The city is Rome, the hub of Italian life and culture. The house is
Le Margherite,
a home where the sprawling cast of
The City and the House
is welcome. At the center of this lush epistolary novel is Lucrezia, mother of five and lover of many. Among her lovers—and perhaps the father of one of her children—is Giuseppe. After the sale of
Le Margherite,
the characters wander aimlessly as if in search of a lost paradise.
What was once rooted, local, and specific has become general and common, a matter of strangers and of pointless arrivals and departures. And at the edge of the novel are people no longer able to form any sustained or sustaining relationships. Here, once again, Ginzburg pulls us through a thrilling and true exploration of the disintegration of family in modern society. She handles a host of characters with a deft touch and her typical impressionist hand, and offers a story full of humanity, passion, and keen perception.