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 ...
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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 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. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Very good. 1987 1st edition with 1-10 numbers on back of title page. clean text. solid binding. dj has light corner bumping and edge wear. Pre owner dedication inside cover. FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Translated from the Italian by Dick Davis. Foxing on page edges, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with spine lightly sunned.
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