A delectable comedy of manners.
Byatt, Threepenny Review.
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An exquisite mosaic, where every tiny piece is part of a world.
And so ensues a comedy of errors, in which guileless lovers, with the best of intentions, considerable charm, and the kindest of instincts, succeed in making one another thoroughly and astonishingly miserable.
Stymied, she calls on her resourceful English girlfriend, Barney, to help her make the impossible match.
Chiara sets her heart on the bull-headed Salvatore, a brilliant young doctor from the south who resolved long ago to be emotionally dependent on no one.
But it\'s a vitality matched by innocence--a dangerous combination, to herself and to all who love her.
Among the Ridolfi, only eighteen-year-old Chiara shows anything like vitality.
It is 1955, Italy is still struggling back after the war, and the family, like its decrepit villa and farm, has seen better days. -- Boston Globe The Ridolfi are a Florentine family of long lineage and little money.
A delectable comedy of manners
