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The Garden of Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
$26.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Harvest Book Ser.
The story of a wealthy, insular Jewish family in Fascist Italy just before the outbreak of World War II. The source of an acclaimed feature film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Translated by William Weaver.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towards its doom. Vittorio De Sica turned the book into a film in 1970, winning the Academy Aw ...Show more
The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles by Giorgio Bassani
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and the young man he pays to be his lover humiliates him p ...Show more
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