Ginzburg, Natalia (Vol. 5) - Ginzburg, Natalia 1916–
Ginzburg, Natalia 1916–
Ms Ginzburg, an Italian novelist, short story writer, and autobiographer, employs a straightforward prose language characterized by deceptive simplicity.
Natalia Ginzburg's entrancing characters [in No Way] are a group of Romans who could be right out of Chekhov…. All of [their] relationships are assembled by Natalia Ginzburg through a brilliantly defined series of epistolary connections that have the intricacy and the fragility of an ant city. The wit is mordant and comes directly out of paradox. The keynote is struck by [one character] when he comments on [another's] life style. "One can't understand it," he says. "And yet one can understand it very well." (p. 14)
Martin Levin, in The New York Times Book Review (© 1974 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), September 1, 1974.
Natalia Ginzburg, in Italy accepted as one of the foremost writers...
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