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.
By:
Blakesley Blakesley
Imprint: Dover Publications Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 142mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9780486476315
ISBN 10: 0486476316
Series: Dover Dual Language Italian
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 19 September 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Introduction Translator's Note Acknowledgments Luigi Pirandello (1867- 1936) La vita nuda / Naked Life Federigo Tozzi (1883- 1920) Il crocifisso / The Crucifix Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893- 1973) La cenere delle battaglie / The Ash of Distant Battles Dino Buzzati (1906- 1972) Un uomo importante / An Important Man Alberto Moravia (1907- 1990) Mi chiamo Alice sono una trottola / My Name is Alice I am a Spinning Top Tommaso Landolfi (1908- 1979) Animalini / Little Animals Cesare Pavese (1908- 1950) La zingara / The Gypsy Woman Elsa Morante (1912- 1985) Il ladro dei lumi / The Thief of Lights Leonardo Sciascia (1921- 1989) Arrivano i nostri / Our Men are Arriving Mario Rigoni Stern (1921- 2008) Bepi, un richiamato del '13 / Bepi, a Recalled Reservist from 1913 Giorgio Manganelli (1922- 1990) La cartolina / The Postcard Italo Calvino (1923- 1985) Il crollo del tempo: su alcuni disegni di Saul Steinberg / The Collapse of Time (on some drawings by Saul Steinberg) Luigi Malerba (1927- 2008) La difesa della lingua / The Defense of Italian Goffredo Parise (1929- 1986) 33/ 33 Gianni Celati (1937- ) La bottega dei mimi / The Mimes' Workshop
