Behind the Door
$28.47
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2017
Summary
A new translation of Bassani’s moving novel of childhood friendship and the unexpected loss of innocence
“The years lived since then have not, in the end, been of any use: I haven’t managed to remedy the suffering which has remained there like a hidden wound, secretly bleeding.”
In the fourth book of the Romanzo di Ferrara cycle, Bassani paints a moving portrait of a 1930s childhood in which even the familiar classroom and playground dramas begin to reflect the sinist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141192130 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141192135 |
| Author: | Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 88g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and one of its great artists * Guardian *
Powerful new translations … Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick’s redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity – Ali Smith
No one else writes about time like this. Bassani is deeply unsettling and yet a joy to read. – David Herman * Jewish Chronicle *
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani was born in 1916. From 1938 onwards he became involved in various anti-fascist activities for which he was imprisoned in 1943. His works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, and Five Stories of Ferrara (Within the Walls), which won the Strega Prize. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1962 and was made into a feature film.
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