Family Sayings
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'''''Family Sayings''''' (original {{langx|it|'''Lessico famigliare'''}}) is a novel by the Italian author [[Natalia Ginzburg]],{{Cite web |title=Lessico Famigliare {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/9788806174293 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=isbndb.com}} first published in 1963. The book, which has also been published in English under the titles '''''The Things We Used to Say''''' and '''''Family Lexicon''''', is a semi-biographical description of aspects of the daily life of her family, dominated by her father, the renowned histologist [[Giuseppe Levi]]. It won the [[Strega Prize]] in 1963. |
'''''Family Sayings''''' (original {{langx|it|'''Lessico famigliare'''}}) is a novel by the Italian author [[Natalia Ginzburg]],{{Cite web |title=Lessico Famigliare {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/9788806174293 |access-date=2025-05-21 |website=isbndb.com}} first published in 1963. The book, which has also been published in English under the titles '''''The Things We Used to Say''''' and '''''Family Lexicon''''', is a semi-biographical description of aspects of the daily life of her family, dominated by her father, the renowned histologist [[Giuseppe Levi]]. It won the [[Strega Prize]] in 1963.{{cite web |title=Research Guides: Italian Premio Strega Collection in the Library of Congress: Complete List Premio Strega Awards 1947–Present |website=Research Guides at Library of Congress |date=2019-10-15 |url=https://guides.loc.gov/premio-strega/awards-1947-present |access-date=2026-04-21}} |
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The book is both an ironic and affectionate chronicle of life in the period 1920–1950, portrayed in terms of habits, behavior and, above all, linguistic communications, from which the book takes its title. People and events are brought to life by what they do and what they say. In addition to family members, including her mother, father, brothers and sisters, the book also describes many friends and acquaintances. |
The book is both an ironic and affectionate chronicle of life in the period 1920–1950, portrayed in terms of habits, behavior and, above all, linguistic communications, from which the book takes its title. People and events are brought to life by what they do and what they say. In addition to family members, including her mother, father, brothers and sisters, the book also describes many friends and acquaintances. |
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