Natalia Ginzburg - All Our Yesterdays | Classics of the Italian literature

In this video I present a 20th century modern classic of italian literature: the novel "All Our Yesterdays" of Natalia Ginzburg, published in 1952.

From the blurb: "Anna, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in a small town in northern Italy, finds herself pregnant after a brief romance. To save her reputation, she marries an eccentric older family friend, Cenzo Rena, and they move to his village in the south. Their relationship is touched by tragedy and grace as the events of their life in the countryside run parallel to the war and the encroaching threat of fascism – and in their wake, a society dealing with anxiety and grief. At the heart of the novel is a concern with experiences that both deepen and deaden existence: adultery and air raids, neighbourhood quarrels and bombings. With her signature clear-eyed wit, Ginzburg asks how we can act with integrity when faced with catastrophe, and how we can love well".

Spoiler alert: the video contains information that some readers may consider spoilers.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro: Why this book?
0:44 Structure of the video
1:28 1. The plot
4:28 2. Why is it worth reading?
6:32 3.1 A special novel in Ginzburg's oeuvre
8:40 3.2 A special one in italien postwar literature as well
11:20 4. Ginzburg's literary style
12:12 5. Her literary role models

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