Length3h 48m
About this audiobook
In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes of the loss of a friend, Cesare Pavese; or what is inexpugnable of World War II; or the Abruzzi, where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule; or the importance of silence in our society; or her vocation as a writer; or even a pair of worn-out shoes, Ginzburg brings to her reflections the wisdom of a survivor and the spare, wry, and poetically resonant style her readers have come to recognize. "A glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . Ginzburg's magic is the utter simplicity of her prose, suddenly illuminated by one word that makes a lightning streak of a plain phrase. . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.' — The New York Times Book Review
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Length3 hrs 48 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 12, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Foreword by Belle Boggs
9He and I
2Author’s Note
10Part Two
3Part One
11The Son of Man
4Winter in the Abruzzi
12My Vocation
5Worn-Out Shoes
13Silence
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6Portrait of a Friend
14Human Relationships
7England: Eulogy and Lament
15The Little Virtues
8La Maison Volpé
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