As I listen to you discussing the first page. I am interested that none of you mention the train/Holocaust imagery. The slow inevitable road to catastrophe also has Holocaust resonance. The fact that It took more than an hour for you to mention her politics was amazing to me because I consider them to be essential to understanding her. And you make no mention of her Jewish/Catholic identity issues. It's impossible for me to read Ginzburg as just stories without the history/politics/religion context.
As I listen to you discussing the first page. I am interested that none of you mention the train/Holocaust imagery. The slow inevitable road to catastrophe also has Holocaust resonance. The fact that It took more than an hour for you to mention her politics was amazing to me because I consider them to be essential to understanding her. And you make no mention of her Jewish/Catholic identity issues. It's impossible for me to read Ginzburg as just stories without the history/politics/religion context.
However, I did truly enjoy the thoughtful conversation of a brilliant novella.