The House That Nino Built
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when an Italian family's dream of building their own home collides with the glorious chaos of postwar Italian life? The House That Nino Built chronicles the warmly comic misadventures of a young couple navigating the trials of domestic ambition in mid-twentieth-century Italy, translated with wit and grace by Frances Frenaye. Giovanni Guareschi, the celebrated creator of the beloved Don Camillo series, presents a tender and sharply observed portrait of family life, capturing the frustrations, farce, and small triumphs of ordinary existence with the deft hand of a natural storyteller. Guareschi's genius lies in his ability to illuminate universal human truths through intensely local, Italian settings — his prose carries a warm irony that laughs with its characters rather than at them. Much like his more famous works, this novel illustrates the resilience and absurdity of everyday people striving for stability in a rapidly changing world. Readers who savour the understated comedy of domestic life and the gentle satire of social aspiration will find themselves utterly charmed — and left wondering whether Nino ever truly finishes what he started.
Author: Giovanni Guareschi
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when an Italian family's dream of building their own home collides with the glorious chaos of postwar Italian life? The House That Nino Built chronicles the warmly comic misadventures of a young couple navigating the trials of domestic ambition in mid-twentieth-century Italy, translated with wit and grace by Frances Frenaye. Giovanni Guareschi, the celebrated creator of the beloved Don Camillo series, presents a tender and sharply observed portrait of family life, capturing the frustrations, farce, and small triumphs of ordinary existence with the deft hand of a natural storyteller. Guareschi's genius lies in his ability to illuminate universal human truths through intensely local, Italian settings — his prose carries a warm irony that laughs with its characters rather than at them. Much like his more famous works, this novel illustrates the resilience and absurdity of everyday people striving for stability in a rapidly changing world. Readers who savour the understated comedy of domestic life and the gentle satire of social aspiration will find themselves utterly charmed — and left wondering whether Nino ever truly finishes what he started.