G. is the nominative for a young Italian/British man born in the 1880s, reared in the 1890s, ancillary witness to major movements in history (Garibaldi and the rise of socialism in England and beyond), and experiencing a kind of liberation from the constraints of 19th century mores, we have the meditations and liberties of sexuality that would have definitely been a part of the landscape, but missing from much of the literature. This is a book, though, that doesn’t parody and mimic the structures and […]
Falling in love at five or six, although rare, is the same as falling in love at fifty.
G. by John Berger
