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The House on Via Gemito by Domenico Starnone Kokuyo letterheadLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night. Feder, a railway clerk, is convinced that if he didn't have a family to feed, he'd be a world famous painter. Talented, ambitious,