Ginzburg’s final novel is replete with substitutions. The book’s inciting incident is it’s central character, Giuseppe’s decision to abandon his life in Rome – his apartm
There is a melancholy at the heart of both Family and Borghesia, but in neither novella does the source of this sadness become clear until the story’s close. Published late
Daunt Books continues to satisfy my Ginzburg addiction with a drip feed of new editions of the work of someone I’m coming to regard as a towering figure of twentieth-century lite
Having written an expansive feature covering recent Ginzburg rereleases for The Italian Riveter earlier this year, I expected in this review to be reflecting again on Ginzburg’s
In Voices in the Evening, Natalia Ginzburg’s 1961 novel concerning, among other things, an ill-fated love affair, our protagonist, Elsa, describes the lovers’ twice-weekly assi
Ginzburg’s simplicity often sets her readers a puzzle. Her books are written with such clarity, such apparent directness, it’s sometimes a challenge – although a rather enjoy
The Road to the City is, at first glance, shockingly simple. From the first-person narrative voice of the seventeen-year-old Delia, to the novel’s conceit – her journey to adul
These essays, written between 1944 and 1960 by the prominent Italian intellectual Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991), offer insights into history, literature, philosophy and psychology
