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A very Italian Christmas : the greatest Italian holiday stories of all time.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Very Italian
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936, author.
- Boito, Camillo, 1836-1914, author.
- Serao, Matilde, 1856-1927, author.
- Ortese, Anna Maria, author.
- De Carlo, Andrea, 1952- author.
- Deledda, Grazia, 1871-1936, author.
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, author.
- Ginzburg, Natalia, author.
- Series:
- Very Christmas series
- A Very Christmas series
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Italy--Fiction.
- Italy.
- christmas stories.
- Christmas stories.
- Italian fiction--Translations into English.
- Italian fiction.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Christmas fiction.
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 133 pages ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Greatest Italian holiday stories of all time
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Translated from original Italian.
- Summary:
- "The third in the Very Christmas series, this volume brings together Italian Christmas stories in a collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello, as well as Anna Maria Ortese, Natalia Ginzburg and Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda. These literary [works] are filled with ancient churches, trains whistling through the countryside, steaming tureens, plates piled high with pasta, High Mass, dashed hopes, golden crucifixes, flowing wine, shimmering gifts and plenty of style"--Amazon.com
- Contents:
- Dream of Christmas / Luigi Pirandello
- Christmas Eve / Camillo Boito
- Canituccia / Matilde Serao
- Family Interior / Anna Maria Ortese
- White Dogs in the snow / Andrea De Carlo
- The golden cross / Grazia Deledda
- Black bread / Giovanni Verga
- The fifth story, day the seventh / Giovanni Boccaccio
- To the tenth muse / Matilde Serao
- Winter in the Abruzzi / Natalia Ginzburg.
- Notes:
- Translations of stories originally published in Italian between 1873 and 1994.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 1939931622
- 9781939931627
- OCLC:
- 1028216971
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