The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

Jhumpa Lahiri

ISBN 10: 0241299853 / ISBN 13: 9780241299852

Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, GB, 2020

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'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.

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• Titolo: The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories
• Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, GB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241299853
• ISBN 13: 9780241299852
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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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

Informazioni sull?autore

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.