Innocence (Fitzgerald novel)

Innocence is a novel by British author Penelope Fitzgerald. Set in Italy, it is a comedy of manners concerning the marriage of the young daughter of an old but impoverished aristocratic family, and a beginning neurologist who has tried to cut himself off from emotion.

Innocence
First edition cover
AuthorPenelope Fitzgerald
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Published1986[1]
PublisherCollins[1]
Media typePrint
Pages224[1]

Background

Fitzgerald had visited Italy frequently during the years 1949–83, including her belated honeymoon with Desmond (who had partly spent World War II in Italy), and a solo trip in 1976 as Desmond was dying, at his insistence. The Fitzgeralds had published Italian fiction in World Review in the 1950s. Fitzgerald was familiar with the Communist Cesare Pavese.[Note 1]

Reception

The result is as satisfying as it is entertaining.

— John Gross, New York Times[2]

Notes
  1. The count's nephew, named Cesare, is directly compared with Pavese (chapter 4).
gollark: So... why would you do that?
gollark: Well, yes, but then you have *no* access?
gollark: What?
gollark: Apparently `cowrie` has an option for that, although I don't really want anything very complex hooked up to this in case of bugs.
gollark: And since this runs on a Linux server, it would be easier to just have it run commands on itself. It would be very secure.

References
  1. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Gross, John (1987-04-28). "Books of the Times: Innocence". New York Times: C17.

Bibliography
  • Lee, Hermione (2013). Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 9780701184957.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Wolfe, Peter (2004). Understanding Penelope Fitzgerald. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-561-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.