by Giovanni Verga · Demetra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788871223315
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«I Malavoglia» is the realist novel by Giovanni Verga, published by Demetra in paperback (336 pages, in Italian).
The novel follows three generations of fishermen from Aci Trezza, in Sicily, in their struggle against nature, fate and society. With a realist, unidealised prose, Verga portrays the Malavoglia family trying to settle a debt, recover their boat and house, and keep the family together in post-unification Sicily.
Originally written in 1881, this Italian edition was published in 1993 in the Acquarelli collection (no. 4).
For readers of classic novels and family sagas, with an interest in Italian realism and 19th-century European literature.
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.
