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Short Stories in Italian

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Author: Nick Roberts   Series: New Penguin Parallel Texts

Short Stories in Italian
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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

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Nick Roberts is a teacher of Italian at Eton College.

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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. 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. Aspects of Sicilian and Italian life are explored by Leonardo Sciascia and Goffredo Parise, Dacia Maraini tackles the controversial subject of abortion and Antonio Tabucchi looks at the nature of reality. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language. Questo nuovo volume di nove racconti presenta agli studenti d'italiano, a qualsiasi livello, l'occasione di apprezzare una vasta sfera della letteratura contemporanea, con l'aiuto di traduzioni in parallelo. Con una ricchezza notevole di argomenti e di stili diversi, la collezione comprende racconti non solo di figure letterarie illustri, come Italo Calvino e Primo Levi, ma anche della nuova generazione di scrittori. Leonardo Sciascia e Goffredo Parise trattano aspetti della vita siciliana e italiana, Dacia Maraini affronta il soggetto polemico dell'aborto e Antonio Tabucchi esamina la natura della realta. I racconti, forniti di note, vengono letti con piacere sia in italiano che in inglese.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
30th September 1999
Edition
1st
Pages
192
ISBN
9780140265408

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