Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9788855636513
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 200
Book Description
Fiabe & storie felici. 12 racconti di gioia, serenità e allegria
Author: The House of Others
Author: Silvio D'ArzoPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810160019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The illegitimate son of a fortune teller, Ezio Comparoni (1920-52) never knew his father, rarely left his home town, and admitted no one to his home. His deliberate obscurity was compounded by his use of many pseudonyms, including Silvio d'Arzo, under which he wrote the remarkable novella and three stories collected in The House of Others. The novella The House of Others is among the rare perfect works of twentieth century fiction. In a desolate mountain village an old woman visits the parish priest, ostensibly to ask about dissolving a marriage. Gradually, as she probes for information on "special cases"--cases in which what is obviously wrong can also be irrefutably right--it becomes clear her true question is whether or not she might take her own life. The question is metaphysical, involving not only the woman's life but the priest's; and to it he has no answer.
The Other Nomads
Author: Aparna RaoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Migration, Internal
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Mussolini's Theatre
Author: Patricia GaborikPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108830595
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A vividly written portrait of Benito Mussolini, whose passion for the theatre profoundly shaped his ideology and actions as head of fascist Italy This consistently illuminating book transforms our understanding of fascism as a whole, and will have strong appeal to readers in both theatre studies and modern Italian history.
An Orchid Shining in the Hand
Author: Lorenzo CalogeroPublisher:
ISBN: 9780986106125
Category : Italian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English translation and translator's preface A2015 by John Taylor.
Parallel Botany
Author: Leo LionniPublisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Leo Lionni here presents ... [an] imaginary plant kingdom .. Lionni marshals all the facts, all the fabulous lore and scholarship surrounding parallel plants ... And, too, he provides his own elegant, detailed, and scientifically accurate drawings of each nonexistent plant species"--Cover.
Comparative Poetics
Author: Earl Roy MinerPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691014906
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
"Comparative literature," Earl Miner writes, "clearly involves something more than comparing two great German poets, and something different from a Chinese studying French literature or a Russian studying Italian literature." But what would a true intercultural poetics be? This work proposes various ways to "study something other than what are, all things considered, the short and simple annals of one cultural parish at one historic moment." The first developed account of theories of literature from an intercultural standpoint, the book shows that an "originative" or "foundational" poetics develops in cultures with explicit poetics when critics define the nature and conditions of literature in terms of the then most esteemed genredrama, lyric, or narrative. Earl Miner demonstrates that these definitions and inferences from them constitute useful bases for comparative poetics.
Sicilian Folk Medicine
Author: Giuseppe PitrèPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Samuel Richardson, Printer and Novelist
Author: Alan Dugald 1892- McKillopPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781015087484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Far from Mogadishu
Author: Shirin Ramzanali FazelPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781717341792
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
There was time when my country was the country of fairy tales, a country where every child would want to grow and play. This is the story of the author's physical and emotional journey from her war-torn homeland, Somalia. Some time after the military coup in 1969 Shirin left Mogadishu and moved to Italy to make a new life and home for herself and her family. Since then she has crossed continents and lived in several cities, facing the challenge of integrating with many different kind of society before settling in England in 2010. This book encapsulates her reflections on the Somali diaspora.