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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Uno dei libri italiani più interessanti letti ultimamente.
Ben scritto, storia accattivante, non banale. L'artificio dei diversi punti di vista fornisce uno spaccato calzante di una famiglia "normale".
Ben scritto, storia accattivante, non banale. L'artificio dei diversi punti di vista fornisce uno spaccato calzante di una famiglia "normale".
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Like watching a train wreck in slow motion, this short novel recounts in multiple perspectives the breakdown of a family after the father/husband has an affair. Well written but a little too much inner monologue for my tastes.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow. A novella that packs a punch. Portrait of a very screwed up Italian marriage and the family of 4 that are tied to it.
Brilliantly translated by Jhumpa Lahiri, I enjoyed reading this (largely) two-way narratives from the perspective of a wife and her husband; so true in any marriage. The surprise, if that, was the behavioural response of the children, affected by the parents' actions.
The Lahiri introduction is flawless, a masterful distillation of the main themes of the novel. Split into three parts it moves from the perspective of Vanda, a threadbare wife and mother struggling to understand her husband who has left the family for a young lover, to a present day Aldo, the husband who returned to his family after 4 years and now decades in the future is coming to terms with the timeline of his life. The last section is told by Anna, their grown up daughter, now in middle age who recounts the fury and pain that has filled her life in the wake of her parents actions.
It’s a lot. Ties explores every facet of cause and effect within the family setting, consequences never intended are pieced together and thrown up against the backdrop of what it means to have a happy existence. I have actually, properly fallen in love with Italian fiction ❤️
@europaeditionsuk #DomenicoStarnone
It’s a lot. Ties explores every facet of cause and effect within the family setting, consequences never intended are pieced together and thrown up against the backdrop of what it means to have a happy existence. I have actually, properly fallen in love with Italian fiction ❤️
@europaeditionsuk #DomenicoStarnone
I liked the structure a lot (wife's perspective - husband's perspective - kids' perspective) and the twist at the end. A sharp, short read.
(Summer reading: a book that has been translated.)
(Summer reading: a book that has been translated.)
Questo libro racconta il dolore, in tutte le sue forme e sfaccettature. Da quello straziante dell'abbandono improvviso, per passare poi a quello amaro che sobolle come il ragù per anni fino a tracimare all'improvviso, o a quello dell'abitudine, quel dolore di fondo a cui non si fa nemmeno più caso, perché sembra quasi ci sia sempre stato. Un libro di un'amarezza tanto sconcertante quanto bello, che rende piuttosto chiaro come mai si sia pensato per molto tempo che l'autore fosse Elena Ferrante.
fast-paced