歡愉的藝術 (L'arte della gioia)

《歡愉的藝術》：又名L'arte della gioia。The novel follows a woman, Modesta, who is born on 1 January 1900 and her experiences though her life in the twentieth century. The text is written for the most part in the first person (by Modesta), but sometimes also in the third person, especially in the first part of the novel.