Natalia Ginzburg: Family and Borghesia
Last month NYRB Classics released Natalia Ginzburg’s novellas Family and Borghesia in one lovely edition. It’s my year of reading Ginzburg!
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Natalia Ginzburg: Valentino and Sagittarius
Last year NYRB Classics released Natalia Ginzburg’s novellas Valentino and Sagittarius in one lovely edition. I loved them!
Domenico Starnone: Ties
Domenico Starnone’s Ties, translated from the Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri — yes, that Jhumpa Lahiri — is a painful, yet compelling exploration of the hopes and fears that underlie the closest relationships we have.
The Girls Who Pry Open Doors and Climb Over Walls
P.T. Smith reviews Lola Lafon’s We Are the Birds of the Coming Storm, translated from the French by David and Nicole Ball, and Elvira Dones’ Sworn Virgin, translated from the Italian by Clarissa Botsford. Read the full post.
Alberto Moravia: Agostino
Trevor reviews Alberto Moravia’s 1945 novella, Agostino, which comes out next week from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.
Diego Marani: New Finnish Grammar
Trevor reviews Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar, translated from the Italian by Judith Landry. Read the full post.
Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler
Trevor reviews Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler, translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Read the full post.
Valeria Parrella: For Grace Received
Trevor reviews Valeria Parrella’s collection of four long stories For Grace Received, translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.
Leonardo Sciascia: The Day of the Owl
Trevor takes a welcome break from his Booker Prize reading and reviews Leonardo Sciascia’s The Day of the Owl, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and Arthur Oliver.
Carlo Emilio Gadda: That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
Trevor reviews Carlo Emilio Gadda’s That Awful Mess on Via Merulana, translated from the Italian by William Weaver.