Italian Short Stories 1

Klappentext The eight stories in this collection, by Moravian, Pavese, Pratolina, and other modern writers, have been selected as being representative of contemporary Italian writing. The English translations provided are literal rather than literary, and there are notes and biographies to help the student of Italian. However, the volume can also be helpful to Italians, who can improve their English by studying a strict rendering of stories with which thet may already be familiar. Zusammenfassung A collection of eight stories which have been selected as being representative of contemporary Italian writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Removal / Vasco Pratolini (1913-91) translated by Pamela SwinglehurstHouses / Cesare Pavese (1908-50) translated by Alexander FainbergThe Poor / Carlo Cassola (1917-87) translated by Anthony RhodesBig Fish, Little Fish / Italo Calvino (1923-87) translated by Archibald ColquhounThe Ash of Battles Past / Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973) translated by I.M. RawsonThe Mother / Natalia Ginzburg (1916-69) translated by Isabel QuiglyAnguish / Alberto Moravia (1907-90) translated by Angus DavidsonFootsteps in the Snow / Mario Soldati (1906- ) translated by Gwyn Morris Notes on Italian Texts

Product details

• Authors: R Trevelyan, R. (ed) Trevelyan, Raleigh Trevelyan, Various
• Assisted by: Raleigh Trevelyan (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.11.1973
• EAN: 9780140021967
• ISBN: 978-0-14-002196-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 199 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Penguin Parallel Text; Penguin Parallel Text
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Short Stories, Italian, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary