| Under the Shadow of Etna Contributor(s): Verga, Giovanni (Author) |
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ISBN: 3732623572 ISBN-13: 9783732623570 Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh OUR PRICE: $25.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.25 lbs) 78 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stories collected in Under the Shadow of Etna are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath, and tells them with a stark economy of words. There's something dark and tightly coiled at the heart of each story, an ironic, bitter resolution that is belied by the deceptive simplicity of Verga's prose, and Verga strikes just when the reader's not expecting it. |