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A review by casskrug
Valentino and Sagittarius by Natalia Ginzburg
4.0
ginzburg pulls no punches with the endings of these two stories. i closed the book and said out loud to myself “dang that was kind of messed up!”
i love the way that she writes short fiction. the prose is so sharp and there is a dark undertone to it all. if you enjoyed the dry heart, this would be a great next ginzburg to read.
these stories have a lot of similarities, and i can see why they were published together. the narrators of both stories are quite detached from most of the action going on around them. both deal with unhappy relationships, family, class, and people striving to transcend their current situations.
valentino tells the story of a young man, seemingly having no ambition despite being in medical school, marrying a rich older woman (much to the horror of his family). sagittarius follows a mother who embarks on a suspicious friendship in pursuit of making her business ventures come to life.
you can read wach story in a sitting, making this. great quick weekend read!
i love the way that she writes short fiction. the prose is so sharp and there is a dark undertone to it all. if you enjoyed the dry heart, this would be a great next ginzburg to read.
these stories have a lot of similarities, and i can see why they were published together. the narrators of both stories are quite detached from most of the action going on around them. both deal with unhappy relationships, family, class, and people striving to transcend their current situations.
valentino tells the story of a young man, seemingly having no ambition despite being in medical school, marrying a rich older woman (much to the horror of his family). sagittarius follows a mother who embarks on a suspicious friendship in pursuit of making her business ventures come to life.
you can read wach story in a sitting, making this. great quick weekend read!