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The Italian writer’s first book, a novella originally published in 1942, establishes the themes including thwarted desire and the challenges of family life for which she became known.
In this short series, Guardian writers pick a book to re-read over the holidays. Geneva Abdul kicks off, with a story of friendship in postwar Switzerland