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Homestead
Rosina Lippi. Mariner Books: 1999 (paperback). ISBN: 0395977711. 210 pages.



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A Good Books Lately favorite. The initial draw of this novel, composed of several linked short stories, is its tiny, isolated, rural setting-an insular Alpine village in a remote corner of Austria. Lippi's practical but passionate female narrators quickly involve us in the intimate domestic details of village life: its values, quarrels, and the intricate family relationships and jealousies. But what is perhaps most intriguing about this 80-year fictional history is the way that as the twentieth century moves on, the established traditions and fixed expectations of the Rosenau villagers become increasingly subject to the demands and intrusions of the modern outside world. We have yet to meet the reader who doesn't like this book, and most readers tell us they've shared this hidden gem with friends and family.

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