Caro Michele. English

Happiness, as such / Natalia Ginzburg ; translated from the Italian by Minna Zallman Proctor.

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2019.

©2019

162 pages ; 20 cm.

BEIN New Directions 1880: Paperbound. Numberline on title page verso indicates third printing: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3."

"A hauntingly beautiful epistolary novel. At the heart of the story 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."-- Provided by publisher.

English

October 08, 2019