Innocence
by Penelope Fitzgerald | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0006542379 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0006542379 Global Overview for this book
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" Innocence is set in the 1950's, when Italy was picking up the pieces after thw war. Chiara Ridolfi is the guiless daughter of a decrepit Italian family. Barney is her practical English girlfriend, who can sum up a man, she says, in one firm hand-grip. Salvatore is a penniless doctor from the south, who thinks he is proof agains politics, social conscience and tenderness. Chiara's cousin, Cesare, says very little, which gives him time to think ... "
" Innocence is set in the 1950's, when Italy was picking up the pieces after thw war. Chiara Ridolfi is the guiless daughter of a decrepit Italian family. Barney is her practical English girlfriend, who can sum up a man, she says, in one firm hand-grip. Salvatore is a penniless doctor from the south, who thinks he is proof agains politics, social conscience and tenderness. Chiara's cousin, Cesare, says very little, which gives him time to think ... "