Happiness, as Such

by Natalia Ginzburg

Book Overview

At the heart of Happiness, as Such is an absence--an abyss that pulls everyone to its brink--created by a family's 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, missing him; so does Mara, his former lover, telling him about the birth of her son who may be his own. Left...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811227995
• ISBN13: 9780811227995
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"