Ricco... eclettico... una festa' Telegraph La collezione fondamentale di Jhumpa Lahiri riunisce quaranta scrittori che riflettono oltre cento anni di vivace e diversificata tradizione di racconti brevi italiana, tra cui autori noti come Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante e Luigi Pirandello, insieme a molte accattivanti riscoperte. Poeti, giornalisti, artisti visivi, musicisti, editori, critici, insegnanti, scienziati, politici, traduttori: gli scrittori che popolano queste pagine rappresentano uno spaccato dinamico della società italiana. 'Una raccolta allettante... i racconti sono a turno sorprendenti, commoventi, intriganti e provocatori' The Times Literary Supplement
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and the National Book Award. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia for In Other Words, her memoir about learning Italian. She was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation from the Italian of Domenico Starnone's novel Trick.
Jhumpa Lahiri's landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, including well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries.
Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society.
Contents
Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Note on the Citation of Titles and Their Translations
• “Names and Tears” by Elio Vittorini
• “Picturesque Lives” by Giovanni Verga
• “The Siren” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
• “Against Time” by Antonio Tabucchi
• “Generous Wine” by Italo Svevo
• “The Long Voyage” by Leonardo Sciasci
• “Bago” by Alberto Savinio
• “The Hen” by Umberto Saba
• “The Lady” by Lalla Romano
• “The Tower” by Fabrizia Ramondino
• “The Trap” by Luigi Pirandello
• “Wedding Trip” by Cesare Pavese
• “Melancholy” by Goffredo Parise
• “Silence” by Aldo Palazzeschi
• “A Pair of Eye/glasses” by Anna Maria Ortese
• “The Other Side of the Moon” by Alberto Moravia
• “The Ambitious Ones” by Elsa Morante
• “Sixteen, Twenty-one, Twenty-eight and Thirty-seven” from Centuria by Giorgio Manganelli
• “Quaestio de Centauris” by Primo Levi
• “Gogol’s Wife” by Tommaso Landolfi
• “My Husband” by Natalia Ginzburg
• “The Mother” by Carlo Emilio Gadda
• “A Martian in Rome” by Ennio Flaiano
• “The Smell of Death” by Beppe Fenoglio
• “Life as a Couple” by Luce D’Eramo
• “The Milliner” by Antonio Delfini
• “The Hind” by Grazia Deledda
• “Invitation to Dinner” by Alba de Céspedes
• “Elegy for Signora Nodier” by Silvio D’Arzo
• “Malpasso” by Fausta Cialente
• “At the Station” by Carlo Cassola
• “The Golden Nut” by Cristina Campo
• “Dialogue with a Tortoise” by Italo Calvino
• “And Yet They Are Knocking at Your Door” by Dino Buzzati
• “The Miraculous Beach, or, Prize for Modesty” by Massimo Bontempelli
• “A Geographical Error” by Romano Bilenchi
• “The Streetwalker” by Luciano Bianciardi
• “Miss” by Anna Banti
• “The Baboon” by Giovanni Arpino
• “Barefoot” by Corrado Alvaro
Notes
Chronology
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Translators
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
EUR 17,13 per la spedizione da U.S.A. a Italia
Destinazione, tempi e costiEUR 2,00 per la spedizione da Irlanda a Italia
Destinazione, tempi e costiDa: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
Condizione: New. 2020. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Codice articolo V9780241299852
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: Rarewaves.com UK, London, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph Jhumpa Lahiri's landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, including well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society.'An enticing collection . . . the tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative' The Times Literary Supplement. Codice articolo LU-9780241299852
Quantità: 13 disponibili
Da: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. 2020. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780241299852
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. 528. Codice articolo 369437953
Quantità: 10 disponibili
Da: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph Jhumpa Lahiri's landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, including well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society.'An enticing collection . . . the tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative' The Times Literary Supplement. Codice articolo LU-9780241299852
Quantità: 13 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo GB-9780241299852
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days. 400. Codice articolo B9780241299852
Quantità: 10 disponibili
Da: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph Jhumpa Lahiri's landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, including well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society.'An enticing collection . . . the tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative' The Times Literary Supplement. Codice articolo LU-9780241299852
Quantità: 13 disponibili
Da: Rarewaves USA United, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph Jhumpa Lahiri's landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, including well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello, alongside many captivating rediscoveries. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society.'An enticing collection . . . the tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative' The Times Literary Supplement. Codice articolo LU-9780241299852
Quantità: 13 disponibili
Da: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Codice articolo I-9780241299852
Quantità: 9 disponibili