| Moral Fables Contributor(s): Leopardi, Giacomo (Author), Nichols, J. G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 184749580X ISBN-13: 9781847495808 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.57 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Alongside his monumental Zibaldone (Notebooks) and the poems collected in Canti, which make him one of Italy's greatest and best-loved poets, Giacomo Leopardi penned a number of fictional pieces, mostly in the form of gently humorous dialogues, in which he dealt with philosophical ideas and many of the metaphysical questions that preoccupied his restless spirit. First published in 1827 and here presented in a new translation by J.G. Nichols along with Thoughts, Leopardi's own selected pearls of wisdom and gems of social observation, Moral Fables will enchant both those who are familiar with and those who are new to the works of Italy's last great polymath. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leopardi, Giacomo: - Giacomo Leopardi was born in Recanati, a small town in the Italian Marches, in 1798. Renowned in his youth as a classical scholar, he suffered from poor health all his life and never experienced happiness in love. He visited Rome, Bologna, and Florence, but never fully broke away from his family, until in his last years he finally moved with a friend to Naples, where he died in 1837. He is the author of Zibaldone. |