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The House on Via Gemito
- Europa Editions (Faber)
- by Domenico Starnone, Oonagh Stransky
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Publisher | Europa Editions (Faber) |
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ISBN | 9781787705463 |
Author(s) | Domenico Starnone, Oonagh Stransky |
Publication date | March 2024 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | mm |
Pages | 464 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
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