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.
Author: Jacob Blakesley
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2013
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.41w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780486476315
ISBN10: 0486476316
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)
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.
Author: Jacob Blakesley
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2013
Pages: 259
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.41w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780486476315
ISBN10: 0486476316
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)
About the Author
Jacob Blakesley received his PhD in literature from the University of Chicago and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. His translations of Italian poetry and prose have appeared in Poetry Miscellany and The Journal of Italian Translation.
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