Giovanni Boccaccio
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English
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Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation. This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous...
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Very Christmas volume 3
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English
Description
"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,...
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Español
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A selection that gathers classical and modern short stories and explores each and every aspects of the matrimonial bond the joys and misfortunes of an institution that is ever changing but has survived through the times.
Una selección que reúne cuentos clásicos y modernos, y explora todas las facetas del vínculo matrimonial, las dichas y desdichas de una institución que cambia pero sobrevive.