Impossibly, a Peacock
Thomas Jones: Domenico Starnone’s ‘Via Gemito’, 26 September 2024
The House on Via Gemito
by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky.
Europa, 451 pp., £10.99, March,978 1 78770 546 3 Show More
by Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky.
Europa, 451 pp., £10.99, March,
“... is Federico, or Federí. The cover of the book shows a detail from an oil painting by Federico Starnone, Operai che pranzano/I bevitori (‘Workmen at Lunch/The Drinkers’), made in 1953. The mother’s name is Rosa, or Rusinè. The novel is dedicated to her. The narrator is called Mimí, short for Domenico, and like ... ”
