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The House on Via Gemito


  • Europa Editions (Faber)
  • by Domenico Starnone, Oonagh Stransky
Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter. Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment. His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt. Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble.

ISBN 9781787705463 | EN | PB
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Publisher Europa Editions (Faber)
ISBN 9781787705463
Author(s) Domenico Starnone, Oonagh Stransky
Publication date March 2024
Edition Paperback
Dimensions mm
Pages 464
Language(s) English ed.
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The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night.

Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter. Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment. His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt. Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble. Narrated against the background of a Naples still marked by WWII and first published in Italy over 20 years ago, The House on Via Gemito is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature.

The House on Via Gemito

The House on Via Gemito

€16.50