by Giovanni Verga · LA LINEA DEL HORIZONTE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415958734
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Immerse yourself in 19th-century Sicily with 'Sicilian Stories' by Giovanni Verga. This book, considered a masterpiece in short format, offers an unsurpassed fresco of life on the island. The stories exerted a direct influence on neorealist cinema and were praised by D.H. Lawrence, who translated some of them. Discover why writers such as Pirandello, D'Annunzio and Pavese were strongly influenced by this collection of stories.
Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca was an Italian realist (verista) writer. His novels I Malavoglia (1881) and Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889) are widely recognized as masterpieces. Verga has been called the greatest Italian novelist after Manzoni. D. H. Lawrence translated several of his works into English.
