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Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface. Jhumpa Lahiri

One of Italy's most accomplished novelists. The Guardian

Masterly. Times Literary Supplement

The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit.The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night.

Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter.Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment.His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt.

Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble.

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The House on Via Gemito

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      Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/21/2024
      ISBN13: 9781787705463, 978-1787705463
      ISBN10: 1787705463

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024

      Starnone uses languages the way a great painter works with colour, conjuring the illusion of three dimensions from a blank flat surface. Jhumpa Lahiri

      One of Italy's most accomplished novelists. The Guardian

      Masterly. Times Literary Supplement

      The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit.The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night.

      Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world-famous painter.Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment.His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt.

      Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble.

      Narrated a

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