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The Sword Myndarit
(Hardcover)
Andrew Arrowsmith; Photographs by Fiona Shuttleworth; Illustrated by Carol Arrowsmith
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R663
Discovery Miles 6 630
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All Our Yesterdays
(Paperback)
Natalia Ginzburg; Translated by Angus Davidson
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R420
R359
Discovery Miles 3 590
Save R61 (15%)
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From "one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy" (New
York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a
war. This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy
from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months before the country
entered the war, through the war years, to the allied victory with
its trailing wake of anxiety, disappointment, and grief. In the
foreground are the members of two families. One is rich, the other
is not. In All Our Yesterdays, as in all of Ms. Ginzburg's novels,
terrible things happen--suicide, murder, air raids, and bombings.
But seemingly less overwhelming events, like a family quarrel,
adultery, or a deception, are given equal space, as if to say that,
to a victim, adultery and air raids can be equally maiming. All Our
Yesterdays gives a sharp portrait of a society hungry for change,
but betrayed by war. During the period described in the novel,
Natalia Ginzburg was married to the writer Leone Ginzburg. Because
of his underground activities, he was interned under Mussolini's
reign, along with his family, in a restricted area in the Abruzzi.
When the Ginzburgs later moved to Rome, Leone was arrested and
tortured by the fascists, and killed, leaving Natalia alone to
raise her three children. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our
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