The Mother
1999
First Published
3.72
Average Rating
80
Number of Pages
Narrated from the point-of-view of two children, this is the story of a mother who does not provide the comfort and security that defines her maternal role, and whose life is shown in bits and pieces through the observations of the children.
Avg Rating
3.72
Number of Ratings
32
5 STARS
28%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
34%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Natalia Ginzburg
Author · 30 books
Natalia Ginzburg (née Levi) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and United States. An activist, for a time in the 1930s she belonged to the Italian Communist Party. In 1983 she was elected to Parliament from Rome as an Independent.
