Little Virtues

Little Virtues
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â‚¬Å“As far as the education of children is concerned,â‚¬Â states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, â‚¬Å“I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but a love of oneâ‚¬s neighbor and self-denial; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.â‚¬Â Whether she writes of the loss of a friend, Cesare Pavese; or what is inexpugnable of World War II; or the Abruzzi, where she and her first husband lived in forced residence under Fascist rule; or the importance of silence in our society; or her vocation as a writer; or even a pair of worn-out shoes, Ginzburg brings to her reflections the wisdom of a survivor and the spare, wry, and poetically resonant style her readers have come to recognize.Â

â‚¬Å“A glowing light of modern Italian literature . . . Ginzburgâ‚¬s magic is the utter simplicity of her prose, suddenly illuminated by one word that makes a lightning streak of a plain phrase. . . . As direct and clean as if it were carved in stone, it yet speaks thoughts of the heart.â‚¬Â â‚¬"The New York Times Book Review
Country USA
Brand Arcade
Manufacturer Arcade Publishing
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611457971

Country	USA
Brand	Arcade
Manufacturer	Arcade Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2013-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611457971

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