All our yesterdays
Ginzburg, Natalia2022
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Anna, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in a small town in northern Italy, after a brief romance finds herself pregnant. To save her reputation, she marries an eccentric older family friend and they move to his village in the south. Her relationship with Cenzo Rena is touched by tragedy and grace as the events of their life in the countryside run parallel to the war and the encroaching threat of fascism - and in their wake, a society dealing with anxiety and grief. At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids, neighbourhood quarrels and bombings. With her signature clear-eyed wit, Ginzburg asks how we can act with integrity when faced with catastrophe, and how we can love well.
Main title:
All our yesterdays / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated by Angus Davidson ; with an introduction by Sally Rooney.
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Imprint:
London : Daunt Books, 2022.©2014
Collation:
xiii, 418 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published in Italian in 1952.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781914198236 (pbk)9781914198236 (paperback)
Dewey class:
853.914
LC class:
PQ4817.I69
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
741864
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Fiction | GINZ | On loan - Due: 13 Jul 2026 |
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | GINZ | Available |
| North Melbourne Library | Fiction | GINZ | On loan - Due: 12 Jul 2026 |