Abba Abba - Brossura

Burgess, Anthony; Burgess

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099282720 ISBN 13: 9780099282723

Casa editrice: Vintage Classics, 2000

Riassunto

ABBA ABBA is about two poets who may or may not have met in Rome in 1820-1821. One was John Keats, who was dying in a house on the Spanish Steps. The other was Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli a great poet, little known outside Rome, since he wrote in the rough, dirty, blasphemous dialect of the Roman streets. The first part of the book is about Keats and Belli. The second part presents Belli himself as poet, translated by Mr Burgess. If Belli knew Keats, did Keats influence him? If Keats knew Belli, would Keats, if he had lived, have become a sort of English Belli? Hard and unanswerable questions. Anthony Burgess means his book merely to be enjoyable and perhaps touching.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"Arguably the most gifted novelist." - The Times

L'autore:

Anthony Burgess was born in 1917. His writings include criticism, scripts and translations, and a Broadway musical. He died in 1993.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Vintage Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0099282720
• ISBN 13: 9780099282723
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144