by Claudio Magris · Garzanti · tapa dura · ISBN 9788811740827
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«Alfabeti» is Claudio Magris's collection of literary essays, published by Garzanti in hardback (490 pages, in Italian).
The book brings together texts that trace the history of literature from childhood reading to modern authors, with particular attention to the crisis of the twentieth century. It combines recognised masterpieces with lesser pieces, and reflects on the role of literature in relation to ethics and politics.
Number 69 in the Nuova Biblioteca Garzanti collection. Published in 2008.
For readers of literary essays and cultural criticism who want to approach the thought of Claudio Magris.
Claudio Magris is an Italian scholar, translator and writer. He was a senator for Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1994 to 1996.
