Description
Discover 'Voices in the Evening,' a captivating novel set in a hushed Italian town post-World War II. This beautifully penned book by acclaimed author Ginzburg takes you on a poignant journey through the life of Elsa, a 27-year-old woman trapped in societal expectations and her mother's suffocating anxiety. Unfolding within the walls of her childhood home, Elsa's story is one of desire for a life beyond convention. When she meets Tommasino, the heir to the influential De Francisci family, hope flickers in her heart. Their secret rendezvous unveil a dream of independence and love, but the fear of exposure hangs heavily over their blossoming relationship.
This elegant novel, marked by its Chekhovian echoes, captures the tension between personal aspiration and communal legacy. Readers will be drawn into a world where whispered conversations reveal deep truths and where love faces the ultimate tests of tradition and duty. 'Voices in the Evening,' with its 132 pages, promises to be an enriching addition to any literary collection.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781911547310
Year: 2019
Publisher: Faber Factory
Pages: 132
Delivery Information: Enjoy fast and reliable shipping directly to your home. Order now and immerse yourself in this stirring tale of love, hope, and the human spirit.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781911547310
Year: 2019
Publisher: Faber Factory
Pages: 132
Description:
In a hushed, Italian town after the Second World War Elsa lives with her parents in the house where she was born. Twenty-seven and unmarried, she is of constant concern to her mother, whose status anxiety manifests itself in acute hypochondria. Elsa hopes to live a life different to the one she's always known and when she meets Tommasino, it seems possible. Tommasino belongs to the De Francisci family, who owns the cloth factory where Elsa's father works, and whose lives and stories Elsa has known all her life. In the course of their secret meetings, Elsa and Tommasino begin to imagine another future for themselves, free from the constraints of shared history and expectation. But all of this is threatened when their relationship is revealed.
An elegant, spare novel reminiscent of Chekhov, Voices in the Evening captures Italy after the war, and a new generation struggling against its legacy. Ginzburg's doomed love story comes to us as though whispered between friends, and carried on an evening breeze.
This elegant novel, marked by its Chekhovian echoes, captures the tension between personal aspiration and communal legacy. Readers will be drawn into a world where whispered conversations reveal deep truths and where love faces the ultimate tests of tradition and duty. 'Voices in the Evening,' with its 132 pages, promises to be an enriching addition to any literary collection.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781911547310
Year: 2019
Publisher: Faber Factory
Pages: 132
Delivery Information: Enjoy fast and reliable shipping directly to your home. Order now and immerse yourself in this stirring tale of love, hope, and the human spirit.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781911547310
Year: 2019
Publisher: Faber Factory
Pages: 132
Description:
In a hushed, Italian town after the Second World War Elsa lives with her parents in the house where she was born. Twenty-seven and unmarried, she is of constant concern to her mother, whose status anxiety manifests itself in acute hypochondria. Elsa hopes to live a life different to the one she's always known and when she meets Tommasino, it seems possible. Tommasino belongs to the De Francisci family, who owns the cloth factory where Elsa's father works, and whose lives and stories Elsa has known all her life. In the course of their secret meetings, Elsa and Tommasino begin to imagine another future for themselves, free from the constraints of shared history and expectation. But all of this is threatened when their relationship is revealed.
An elegant, spare novel reminiscent of Chekhov, Voices in the Evening captures Italy after the war, and a new generation struggling against its legacy. Ginzburg's doomed love story comes to us as though whispered between friends, and carried on an evening breeze.