The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales

Vittorini, Domenico

ISBN 10: 0762416696 / ISBN 13: 9780762416691

Editore: Running Press, 2003

A bright, square, and overall a nice copy. Codice articolo BOS-I-10i-01809

Riassunto:

A collection of a dozen Italian folktales includes stories of good and evil, jealousy and justice, silliness and cunning, all with a moral at the end.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Domenico Vittorini was born in Italy and received his Doctor of Letters at the University of Rome in 1916. After coming to the United States he taught at Princeton and Temple Universities, and spent thirty-nine years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vittorini is an internationally recognized authority on Italian literature and culture, and the author of several books on Italian literature including The Age of Dante. Mary GrandPre is best known as the illustrator whose drawings of Harry Potter and friends first brought their faces to millions of loyal readers. She is also the illustrator of many picutre books for children, including The Sea Chest and Aunt Clair's Yellow Beehive Hair. Her art has been called "radiant" and "enchanting" and continues to garner rave reviews from kids of all ages. Ms. GrandPre lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Titolo: The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales
Casa editrice: Running Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good