Lalla Romano

“I was struck straightaway by the singular force of her taut, meditative, sorrowful writing.” -- Jhumpa Lahiri A diamond-sharp, Italian classic about the mysterious relationships between two partisan couples in German-occupied Italy in the wintry mountains of Piemonte This hauntingly beautiful, sharply modern novel of WWII is perfect for fans of Tove Ditlevsen, Rachel Cusk, and Lucia Berlin Translated into English for the first time, A Silence Shared is a captivating classic novel that inhabits the silent spaces between historic events, depicting the mysterious luminosity of human relationships in extraordinary circumstances. In prose of subtle, enigmatic atmospheres and acutely precise images, Lalla Romano evokes both the tension and the stillness of life in occupied Italy. Sheltering from the war in a provincial town outside of Turin, Giulia and her husband Stefano feel an instant affinity with Ada and Paolo: she a spontaneous, vibrant young woman, he a sickly intellectual, a teacher and partisan in hiding. As the Germans begin to occupy Italy, a subtle dance of attractions between the couples begins, intensified by their shared isolation and the muffled hum of threat over a long, hard winter.

A Silence Shared

Nei mari estremi

L'ospite

Una giovinezza inventata

Cesare Segre

Poesie

la probità dell'arte : dipinti e disegni

Pralève e altri racconti di montanga

Antonio Ria

Lalla Romano pittrice

paesaggi piemontesi : dipinti e disegni editi e inediti

«Imparare a convivere con i propri sogni fa parte oggi dell'arte di conoscere se stessi». Lalla Romano

Le metamorfosi

Praleve

Ernesto Ferrero

Vita di Lalla Romano raccontata da lei medesima

l'esercizio della pittura

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Jacques de Lacretelle

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand

Gian Franco Venè

Pietro Scotti

Guido Boggiani

Sergio Gràtico

Christopher Rand

relazioni di viaggio : Chateaubriand, Boggiani e D'Annunzio, De Lacretelle, Sergio Gràtico, Lalla Romano, Ch. Rand, G.F. Vené

Lalla Romano

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