Status
Available
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Series
Genres
Collection
Publication
Penguin (Non-Classics) (1981), Paperback, 197 pages
Description
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.
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Language
Original language
Italian
Original publication date
1965
Physical description
192 p.; 7.74 inches
ISBN
0140021965 / 9780140021967
Local notes
Penguin Parallel Text. PRATOLINI: The Removal. PAVESE: Houses. CASSOLA: The Poor. CALVINO: Big Fish, Little Fish. GADDA: The Ash of Battles Past. GINZBURG: The Mother. MORAVIA: Anguish. SOLDATI: Footsteps in the Snow