Natalia Ginzburg was not just an important Italian writer, but also an intellectual who came through times of war and tragedy with a political and cultural commitment and sense of responsibility common to other writers of her generation. The collection of essays in The Little Virtues (a 1962 book that has recently been translated into Portuguese and published by Relógio D'Água) on which Golgona Anghel writes, paints us a picture of the literary, political and family world in which Natalia Ginzburg played such an important role.