I Malavoglia (The House By the Medlar Tree)

Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) is the most important of the Italian Realist School of novelists. This new edition of "The House by the Medlar Tree (I Malavoglia)" makes the complete English version of his masterpiece available once more. The story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman, is Vergas moving rendering of the theme of mankinds struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs.
D. H. Lawrence described Vegas work as "Homeric." Rayond Rosenthals translation of "I Malavoglia" is the only complete version of this novel in English and conveys Vegas lyrical realism and the flavor of Sicialian village life superbly.
The book is introduced by Giovanni Ceccheti, whose own translations of Verga, "Mastro-don Gesualdo" and "The She-Wolf and Other Stories," are also available from California.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Giovanni Verga
• Collaboration: Marie Lane (Photographies), Judith Landry (Traduction)
• Edition: Dedalus Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 08.09.2008
• EAN: 9781903517635
• ISBN: 978-1-903517-63-5
• Pages: 288
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée