The House on Via Gemito

Centering on a frustrated artist and the family he tyrannizes, this novel offers a sharp, unsentimental look at ambition, ego, and the ways family mythology is constructed. The narrator’s voice is rich with observation and mordant humor, peeling back layers of resentment and affection. Naples is vividly rendered — chaotic, intimate, and inseparable from the characters’ emotional lives. The book manages to be both expansive and tightly controlled. It’s a bold portrait of artistic obsession and its collateral damage.