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The City and the House

by Natalia Ginzburg · 1984

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Natalia Ginzburg (All Our Yesterdays). 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. - Amazon

Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 209 pages
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epistolaryepistolaryMore like thisLess of this

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