Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg

Family Lexicon

Natalia Ginzburg with Jenny McPhee (Translator)

224 pages first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional reflective slow-paced
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A masterpiece of European literature that blends family memoir and fictionAn Italian family, sizable, with its routines and rituals, crazes, pet phrases, and stories, doubtful, comical, indispensable, comes to life in the pages of Natalia Ginzburg...

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3.91
based on 1,909 reviews

Moods

reflective: 70%

emotional: 53%

funny: 48%

informative: 30%

inspiring: 22%

sad: 21%

lighthearted: 19%

hopeful: 11%

relaxing: 9%

challenging: 8%

dark: 6%

adventurous: 4%

tense: 3%


Pace

14% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
31% of readers chose slow
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