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This book serves as a literary map to guide readers through the varied geography of contemporary Italian fiction. The book includes English-language translations of short stories and excerpts from novels that were originally published in Italian between 1975 and 2001. As an expression of a communal contemporary condition, these narratives suggest a new sensibility and a new way of seeing, exploring, and inhabiting the world, in writing. The book provides an introduction to Italian literary trends of the past twenty years. Each selection is preceded by a short introduction and biography of the ... More
Keywords: contemporary Italian fiction, short stories, novels, writing, literature, Italian literary trends
Print publication date: 2005 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300095302 |
Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300095302.001.0001 |
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