The Penumbra
by Lalla Romano
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Soon after her mother's death, a woman returns to the village where she grew up to reflect on her childhood years.Atmospheric and dreamlike, this novel by one of the classic writers in 20th century Italian literature is a Proustian journey of self-discovery and a poignant evocation of Italy at the beginning of the century.Tags
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- Canonical title
- The Penumbra
- Original title
- La penombra che abbiamo attraversato
- Original publication date
- 1964
- Epigraph
- ...la pénombre que nous avons traversée.
Marcel Proust - First words*
- La camera, piccola come una cella, era tinta di un giallo feroce.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)La valle, come la casa, è abitata per sempre da «loro» e da me bambina.
Serba quasi la traccia di una presenza fisica. Ma non ha «più esistenza» per questo. Non può, anzi, contenere altre vite. Perciò nell'andar via, in quel lontano autunno, avevo pensato: «era»... - Original language
- Italian
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 853.914 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ4839 .O516 .P413 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1900-1960
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
