A pregnant young woman observes the world at war and her place in it through the lens of Rome

• Book: Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman
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• Author: Friedrich Christian Delius

Review Author: Isabella Orff

This is not really like anything else I have read (the Road, perhaps?). One single sentence guides you through just over 100 pages from beginning to end. 1943, a young pregnant woman mulls over her situation, the situation of the world, and her place in Rome, and Rome’s place in the world, in a stream of consciousness. I read it in a couple of hours and was bowled over.

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