[La strada che va in città]
Year:
1942
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Daunt
Year of publication:
2021
Pages:
83
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
The title refers to the path leading to a better life; a path that, for the protagonist, is represented by a marriage of convenience. This novel, Ginzburg's first, already contains the seeds of the strength that would define her later works. The portrayal of the protagonist is particularly striking: a young, uneducated, weak peasant woman with limited life horizons, who combines tenderness and selfishness, evoking both compassion and repulsion in the reader. The book carries a bitter tone, with touches of social criticism about the harsh rural life in 1940s Italy.
J.V. (2011)