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The House on Via Gemito

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The House on Via Gemito

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LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024 "Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface." -Jhumpa Lahiri "One of Italy's most accomplished novelists." -The Guardian  "Masterly." -Times Literary Supplement  The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night. Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter. Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment. His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt.  Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble.  Narrated against the background of a Naples still marked by WWII and first published in Italy over 20 years ago, The House on Via Gemito is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature. 
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
464
Release Date:
2024-03-21
Publication Date:
2024-03-21
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1787705463
ISBN13:
9781787705463
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
324 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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