The authors whose names were familiar to me were Italo Calvino and Primo Levi, so it was interesting to comes across Leonardo Sciascia, Goffredo Parise, Stefano Benni and Antonio Tabucchi, while the female contributors who were included were Dacia Maraini, Susanna Tamaro and Sandra Petrignani. At a time of pandemic only virtual travel is possible, so these brief narratives have evoked Italian life and lives really well when physical travel has been out of the question.
I’m not too sure why I hesitated because in translation they’ve been very satisfying, and although I’ve only read a selection of paragraphs from each story in the original the experience has been equally enlightening. Text in Italian with parallel English translation.A volume of nine short stories by nine 20th-century Italian writers has been with me for a score of years, not exactly studiously ignored but still incomprehensibly remaining unread. The selection covers a rich variety of themes and styles, and includes stories by established literary figures such as Italo Calvino and Primo Levi as well as the new generation of writers.-Back cover.
This new volume of nine short stories offers students of Italian at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature in the original, with the aid of parallel translations. Long crossing = Il lungo viaggio / Leonardo Sciascia translated by Avril Bardoni - Italy = Italia / Goffredo Parise translated by Nick Roberts - Girl with the plait = La ragazza con la treccia / Dacia Maraini translated by Sharon Wood - Last channel - L'ultimo canale / Italo Calvino translated by Tim Parks - Lilith = Lilít / Primo Levi translated by Ruth Feldman - Island of Komodo = L'isola di Komodo / Susanna Tamaro translated by Charles Caroe, Chris Roberts - Women by the pool = Donne in piscina / Sandra Petrignani translated by Sharon Wood - Naughty schoolboy = Un cattivo scolaro / Stefano Benni translated by Nick Roberts - Saturday afternoons = I pomeriggi del sabato / Antonio Tabucchi translated by Edward Williams.
Italian fiction - 20th century - Translations into English. Short stories, Italian - Translations into English.
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