The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick, Jamie McKendrick

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Penguin
01 March 2007

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

New translation by the poet Jamie McKendrick

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towards its doom. Vittorio De Sica turned the book into a film in 1970, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974.

By: Giorgio Bassani
Translated by: Jamie McKendrick, Jamie McKendrick
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 214g
ISBN: 9780141188362
ISBN 10: 0141188367
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 March 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Giorgio Bassani was born in 1916. From 1938 onwards he became involved in various anti-fascist activities for which he was imprisoned in 1943. His works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, The Heron, Behind the Door and Five Stories of Ferrara, which won the Strega Prize. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1962.

Reviews for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Powerful new translations ... Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity -- Ali Smith