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Happiness, as such
- Title
- Happiness, as such / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Minna Zallman Proctor.
- Author
- Ginzburg, Natalia
- Publication
- New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Proctor, Minna
- Description
- 162 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "The hauntingly beautiful epistolary novel from 'a glowing light of modern Italian literature' (New York Times Book Review). At the heart of Happiness As Such is an absence, an abyss that draws everyone nearer to its edge, created by the departure of a family's wayward only son, Michele, who has fled from Italy to England to escape the dangers and threats of his radical political ties. This novel is part epistolary: his mother writes letters to him, nagging him; his sister Angelica writes to him too; so does Mara, his former lover, who gave birth to a child who could be his own. Left to clean up Michele's mess, his family and friends complain and commiserate, making mistakes and missteps, attempting to cope in the only ways that they know how. With a few brushstrokes, Natalia Ginzburg can flesh out an entire existence and all its pitfalls and disappointments with unmatched clarity. One of Natalia Ginzburg's finest achievements, Happiness As Such is an experimental, wise, raw, comic novel, written in powerful prose that cuts to the bone with surgical precision."--
- Series Statement
- New Directions paperbook ; 1449
- Uniform Title
- Caro Michele. English
- New Directions paperbook ; 1449.
- Alternative Title
- Caro Michele.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Epistolary fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- "Originally published in Italian as Caro Michele in 1973"--Title page verso.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Italian.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-5248
- ISBN
- 9780811227995
- 0811227995
- LCCN
- 2019004328
- OCLC
- 1057376702
- Author
- Ginzburg, Natalia, author.
- Title
- Happiness, as such / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Minna Zallman Proctor.
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New Directions paperbook ; 1449New Directions paperbook ; 1449.
- Language
- Translated from the Italian.
- Added Author
- Proctor, Minna, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-5248