The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

Zusatztext “The perfect companion whenever I get around to that trip to Rome.” — Jeva Lange! The Week “An excellent introduction to Italy—a sentimental Baedeker useful for traveling into the mind of a fascinating if elusive nation . . . To have re-discovered! edited! and re-proposed these authors is laudable. But Lahiri went further: she understood them. And she shares a deep appreciation for their common denominator: Italy. . . . This is the real Italy. And  The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories  demonstrates this better than any travel guide does.” — Beppe Severgnini! Air Mail “A remarkable introduction to Italian literature and a great gift to the English-speaking reader . . . Each story in this volume is a jewel.” — Kirkus Reviews! starred review “A welcome addition to the shelf of Penguin anthologies of world literature . . . [Lahiri] features women! authors less-known or neglected! and those ‘who practiced the short form with particular vehemence and virtuosity.’ . . . The Penguin Book of Short Stories  may reward the patient listener to the voices of these tellers.” — PopMatters “Jhumpa Lahiri crowns her public turn as an Italophile and translator with [ The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories ]. . . .  It could hardly come at a better time! when Elena Ferrante’s novels and the American revival of Natalia Ginzburg are igniting new interest in the literary traditions of the  Belpaese .” — Lit Hub “Rich . . . Eclectic . . . A feast . . . Her choice of 40 authors embraces familiar greats and sows them with fascinating additions. . . . They remind us of the short story’s playfulness! its ability to move us with unexpected sharpness while it experiments with voices! styles and boundaries.” — The Telegraph “An enticing collection . . . The tales are by turns startling! moving! intriguing and provocative; they bring melancholy! humor and a dose of the uncanny.” — The Times Literary Supplement “Refreshing and surprisingly contemporary . . . A map of Ferrante’s hinterland . . . Lahiri has pulled off something quite striking here: a literary anthology that sparkles with invention and variety! makes a remarkably convincing case for the vitality of the modern Italian short story and also beguiles! thanks to her sharp-eyed work as editor! compiler and part-translator. . . . There’s a gamut of register—comedy! fantasy! satire! psychological and social realism and more. . . . There are plenty of big hitters—Lampedusa! Svevo! Sciascia! Gadda! Calvino—though they are often represented with nicely unpredictable stories. . . . And there are captivating juxtapositions. . . . Throughout! Lahiri displays deft literary and linguistic touches. She is clearly enjoying this. She provides elegant one-page bios for all forty writers. . . . She writes with compelling force of the dense pluralism of voice in Italian language and literature. Crucially! she also makes a point of championing the extraordinary depth and quality of women’s voices.” — Literary Review “This volume! which honors so many writer-translators! is as much a tribute to the Italian short story as it is a validation of the need—aesthetic! political! ethical—for translation itself. . . . Only works in translation can broaden the literary horizon! open doors! break down the wall.” — Jhumpa Lahiri! from the Introduction Informationen zum Autor Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies , The Namesake , Unaccustomed Earth , and The Lowland , which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and the National Book Award. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the ...

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The perfect companion whenever I get around to that trip to Rome. Jeva Lange, The Week

An excellent introduction to Italy a sentimental Baedeker useful for traveling into the mind of a fascinating if elusive nation . . . To have re-discovered, edited, and re-proposed these authors is laudable. But Lahiri went further: she understood them. And she shares a deep appreciation for their common denominator: Italy. . . . This is the real Italy. And The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories demonstrates this better than any travel guide does. Beppe Severgnini, Air Mail

A remarkable introduction to Italian literature and a great gift to the English-speaking reader . . . Each story in this volume is a jewel. Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A welcome addition to the shelf of Penguin anthologies of world literature . . . [Lahiri] features women, authors less-known or neglected, and those who practiced the short form with particular vehemence and virtuosity. . . . The Penguin Book of Short Stories may reward the patient listener to the voices of these tellers. PopMatters

Jhumpa Lahiri crowns her public turn as an Italophile and translator with [The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories]. . . .  It could hardly come at a better time, when Elena Ferrante s novels and the American revival of Natalia Ginzburg are igniting new interest in the literary traditions of the Belpaese. Lit Hub

Rich . . . Eclectic . . . A feast . . . Her choice of 40 authors embraces familiar greats and sows them with fascinating additions. . . . They remind us of the short story s playfulness, its ability to move us with unexpected sharpness while it experiments with voices, styles and boundaries.   The Telegraph

An enticing collection . . . The tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative; they bring melancholy, humor and a dose of the uncanny. The Times Literary Supplement

Refreshing and surprisingly contemporary . . . A map of Ferrante s hinterland . . . Lahiri has pulled off something quite striking here: a literary anthology that sparkles with invention and variety, makes a remarkably convincing case for the vitality of the modern Italian short story and also beguiles, thanks to her sharp-eyed work as editor, compiler and part-translator. . . . There s a gamut of register comedy, fantasy, satire, psychological and social realism and more. . . . There are plenty of big hitters Lampedusa, Svevo, Sciascia, Gadda, Calvino though they are often represented with nicely unpredictable stories. . . . And there are captivating juxtapositions. . . . Throughout, Lahiri displays deft literary and linguistic touches. She is clearly enjoying this. She provides elegant one-page bios for all forty writers. . . . She writes with compelling force of the dense pluralism of voice in Italian language and literature. Crucially, she also makes a point of championing the extraordinary depth and quality of women s voices. Literary Review

This volume, which honors so many writer-translators, is as much a tribute to the Italian short story as it is a validation of the need aesthetic, political, ethical for translation itself. . . . Only works in translation can broaden the literary horizon, open doors, break down the wall.   Jhumpa Lahiri, from the Introduction

Product details

• Authors: Jhumpa Lahiri, JHUMPA ED LAHIRI
• Assisted by: Jhumpa Lahiri (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780241299852
• ISBN: 978-0-241-29985-2
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Italian, Italy, Classic fiction, Anthologies: general, Modern and contemporary fiction, Anthologies (non-poetry), Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary