9%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Conversations in Sicily
Elio Vittorini
€ 16.99
€ 15.50
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Conversations in Sicily
Paperback. Translator(s): Mason, Alane Salierno. Series: New Directions classic. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
It stands as a modern classic not only for its powerful thematic resonance as one of the great novels of Italian anti-fascism but also as a trailblazer for its style, which blends literary modernism with the pre-modern fable in a prose of lyric beauty. Comparing Vittorini's work to Picasso's, Italo Calvino described Conversations as "the book-Guernica."
The novel begins at a time in the narrator's life when nothing seems to matter; whether he is reading newspaper posters blaring of wartime massacres, lying in bed with his wife or girlfriend, or flipping through the pages of a dictionary ... Read more
It stands as a modern classic not only for its powerful thematic resonance as one of the great novels of Italian anti-fascism but also as a trailblazer for its style, which blends literary modernism with the pre-modern fable in a prose of lyric beauty. Comparing Vittorini's work to Picasso's, Italo Calvino described Conversations as "the book-Guernica."
The novel begins at a time in the narrator's life when nothing seems to matter; whether he is reading newspaper posters blaring of wartime massacres, lying in bed with his wife or girlfriend, or flipping through the pages of a dictionary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
New Directions classic
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811214551
SKU
V9780811214551
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
Reviews for Conversations in Sicily
"Here the feeling of the country and the character of the mother are quite marvelous."
Publishers Weekly "This reprint retains the introduction by Hemingway that appeared in the 1949 U.S. edition. That's worth the price alone."
Library Journal
Publishers Weekly "This reprint retains the introduction by Hemingway that appeared in the 1949 U.S. edition. That's worth the price alone."
Library Journal