The City and the House by Natalia Ginzburg - a review

16th October 2007 with 0 Comments

Natalia Ginzburg, who died in 1991, published this, one of her last novels, in 1985. Written entirely in letter-form it follows the fortunes of a group of friends when one of them, Giuseppe, leaves his flat in Rome where he has lived for more than twenty years, to go and live with his brother in [...]

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Five Questions: House of Mirth

11th September 2006 with 0 Comments

1. Why do you blog?
For me, a fit of pique is always a wonderful motivator, and that’s what got me started as a blogger: annoyance at something I had read. But that’s not sufficient motive in the long run. What keeps me going is the opportunity to share my enthusiasms. I see that as the [...]

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