Great Italian Stories - 10 Parallel Texts

Informationen zum Autor Various Klappentext A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Italy. Each story appears in the original Italian alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a spellbinding tale of the supernatural to a powerful portrait of post-war Italy, this revelatory collection includes works from beloved authors, Italo Calvino, Fausta Cialente, Alba de Céspedes, Grazia Deledda, Natalia Ginzburg, Elsa Morante, Lalla Romano, Umberto Saba, Alberto Savinio, and Elio Vittorini. Zusammenfassung A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Italy. Each story appears in the original Italian alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a spellbinding tale of the supernatural to a powerful portrait of post-war Italy, this revelatory collection includes works from beloved authors, Italo Calvino, Fausta Cialente, Alba de Céspedes, Grazia Deledda, Natalia Ginzburg, Elsa Morante, Lalla Romano, Umberto Saba, Alberto Savinio, and Elio Vittorini.

Product details

• Authors: Jhumpa Lahiri, Various
• Assisted by: Jhumpa Lahiri (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English, Italian
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9780241634455
• ISBN: 978-0-241-63445-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Parallel Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, 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)