The City and the House

Name: The City and the House
Brand: Arcade Publishing
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By Natalia Ginzburg

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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 loversand perhaps the father of one of her childrenis 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.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 224
Release Date:: 2013-01-10
Publication Date:: 2013-01-10
Publisher:: Arcade Publishing
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1611456916
ISBN13:: 9781611456912
Weight:: 427 g
Height:: 139 cm
Width:: 208 cm
Thickness:: 20 cm

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