'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
ISBN: | 9780241299852 |
Publication date: | 5th March 2020 |
Author: | Jhumpa Lahiri |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 528 pages |
Series: | Penguin Classics |
Genres: |
Shorter Reads Fiction in translation Anthologies: general Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary |