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.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Giuseppe to Ferruccio
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Egisto to Lucrezia
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Egisto
- Albina to Giuseppe
- Egisto to Lucrezia
- Egisto to Lucrezia
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Ferruccio to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Piero
- Albina to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia and Piero
- Piero to Giuseppe
- Egisto and Albina to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Roberta to Alberico
- Giuseppe to Roberta
- Roberta to Alberico
- Alberico to Roberta
- Roberta to Alberico
- Piero and Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- AlBina to Serena
- Serena to Albina
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Roberta
- Piero to Giuseppe
- Ignazio Fegiz to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Ignazio Fegiz
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Egisto to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Albina to Egisto
- Egisto to Albina
- Piero to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Piero
- Egisto to Albina
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Serena to Egisto
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Egisto to Albina
- Albina to Egisto
- Egisto to Albina
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Albina
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Egisto to Giuseppe
- Egisto to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Egisto to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Egisto
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Albina to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Roberta to Giuseppe
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
- Alberico to Giuseppe
- Giuseppe to Alberico
- Piero to Giuseppe
- Egisto to Ignazio Fegiz
- Egisto to Albina
- Giuseppe to Lucrezia
- Lucrezia to Giuseppe
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