The Decameron

Ten young Florentines flee the Black Death of 1348 by escaping to a country villa overlooking the city. There they spend ten days telling each other one hundred stories. Their stories run the gamut of medieval genres-romance, tragedy, comedy and farce-and are rich with wit, earthiness and even bawdy irreverence.Boccaccio's reputation as one of the world's greatest authors rests entirely on this singular, overflowing work. A tribute to the essential power of storytelling and laughter, even in the most trying times, The Decameron has been a source and inspiration for countless other storytellers over the centuries. Published on the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, Wayne A. Rebhorn's Decameron now speaks to us directly in a "lively, contemporary... English" (Stephen Greenblatt).

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn
• Assisted by: Wayne A. Rebhorn (Translation), Wayne A. (University of Texas at Austin) Rebhorn (Translation)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2015
• EAN: 9780393350265
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35026-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Short Stories, Classic fiction: general and literary