Although his parents are convinced that Valentino will become a great man, his sisters believe that he is nothing more than a vain, selfish and frivolous young man, more concerned with his conquests than with his medical studies. Valentino's sudden engagement to a rich but unattractive woman ten years older will end the dreams of his parents, who, scandalized by such an unfortunate choice, suspect his girlfriend. With her prodigious psychological acuity, Natalia Ginzburg explores in Valentino social and gender expectations, class differences, wealth and marriage as prisons that suffocate the…mehr
Although his parents are convinced that Valentino will become a great man, his sisters believe that he is nothing more than a vain, selfish and frivolous young man, more concerned with his conquests than with his medical studies. Valentino's sudden engagement to a rich but unattractive woman ten years older will end the dreams of his parents, who, scandalized by such an unfortunate choice, suspect his girlfriend. With her prodigious psychological acuity, Natalia Ginzburg explores in Valentino social and gender expectations, class differences, wealth and marriage as prisons that suffocate the desires of her characters and turn even the most modest illusions into pure chimeras.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Natalia Ginzburg (Palermo, 1916 - Roma, 1991) es una de las voces más singulares de la literatura italiana del siglo XX. Publicó en 1934 su primera narración, a la que siguieron obras teatrales-«Me casé por alegría» (1964; Acantilado, 2018)-, ensayos-«Las pequeñas virtudes» (1962; Acantilado, 2002), «Nunca me preguntes» (1970) y «Serena cruz o la verdadera justicia» (1990; Acantilado, 2010)-y novelas y colecciones de relatos-«El camino que va a la ciudad y otros relatos» (1942; Acantilado 2019), «Y eso fue lo que pasó» (1947; Acantilado, 2016), «Nuestros ayeres» (1952), «Valentino» (1957; Acantilado 2024), «Las palabras de la noche» (1961), «Léxico familiar» (1963), «Querido Miguel» (1973; Acantilado, 2003), «Vida imaginaria» (1974) y «Domingo» (2016; Acantilado, 2021)-, así como la biografía «Antón Chéjov» (1989; Acantilado, 2006).
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