From one of Italy's greatest writers, a stunning novel "filled with shimmering, risky, darting observation" (Colm Tóibín)
After WWII, a small Italian town struggles to emerge from under the thumb of Fascism. With wit, tenderness, and irony, Elsa, the novel's narrator, weaves a rich tapestry of provincial Italian life: two generations of neighbors and relatives, their gossip and shattered dreams, their heartbreaks and struggles to find happiness. Elsa wants to imagine a future for herself, free from the expectations and burdens of her town's history, but the weight of the past will always prove unbearable, insistently posing the question: "Why has everything been ruined?"
0 of 1 copy available
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Wait time: About 4 weeks
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May 4, 2021 -
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- ISBN: 9780811231015
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- ISBN: 9780811231015
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