These early short stories brim with the beauty of the Italian countryside and seaside, telling tales both sumptuous and unnerving.Calvinos war-torn Italy is vivid, intense, almost hyper-real. A trio of greedy burglars rob a pastry shop, a boy offers...Loe edasi...
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IN calling this book Greater America, the author is aware that he...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jan-2016, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781784782580)
A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism.The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic...Loe edasi...
An acclaimed collection of enchanting, comic and clever tales from the Italian masterThis collection of playful, deadly febles is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story The Argentine Ant...Loe edasi...
Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagnes knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are t...Loe edasi...
** NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX TV SERIES**The Leopard is a modern classic which tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.There is a great feeling of opulence, dec...Loe edasi...
Alfonso the bank clerk wants to be a poet and seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain and arrogant daughter of his boss. But the emptiness of his attempts at both writing and love lead to an ironic and painful conclusion.A Life is the grue...Loe edasi...
