| Great Italian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century/I Grandi Racconti Italiani del Novecento Contributor(s): Blakesley, Jacob (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486476316 ISBN-13: 9780486476315 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013000037 |
| Series: Dover Language Learning Books: Italian |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.41" W x 8.56" (0.63 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology highlights the rich range of modern Italian fiction, presenting the first English translations of works by many famous authors. Contents include fables and stories by Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante, Alberto Moravia, and Cesare Pavese; historical fiction by Leonardo Sciascia and Mario Rigoni Stern; and little-known tales by Luigi Pirandello and Carlo Emilio Gadda. No further apparatus or reference is necessary for the self-contained text. Appropriate for high school and college courses as well as self-study, this volume will prove a fine companion for teachers and intermediate-level students of Italian language and literature as well as readers wishing to brush up on their language skills. |