Happiness, as Such

Title: Happiness, as Such
Author: Natalia Ginzburg
Fiction: 1716107
ISBN: 9780811227995
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 176
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description:

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 to clean up Michele's mess, his family and friends complain, commiserate, tease, and grieve, struggling valiantly with the small and large calamities of their interconnected lives.

Natalia Ginzburg's most beloved book in Italy and one of her finest achievements, Happiness, as Such is an original, wise, raw, comic novel that cuts to the bone.