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Title: THE GOLD-RIMMED SPECTACLES
By: Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick (Trans)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0141192151
ISBN 13: 9780141192154
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 1 March, 2012
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 144
Translated from: Italian
Description: 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 publicly.
Synopsis: 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 publicly. As anti-Semitism spreads across Italy, the Jewish narrator of the tale begins to feel pity for the ostracized doctor, as the fickle nature of a community changing under political forces becomes clear. The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles is a gripping and tragic study of how lives can be destroyed by those we consider our neighbours.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Returns: Returnable
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FABRICATION (PB)
GLI OCCHIALI D'ORO (PB)
GLI OCCHIALI D'ORO (PB)
HERON (PB)
I CAPOLAVORI (PB)
IL GIARDINO DEI FINZI CONTINI (PB)
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INK STONE
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L''ODORE DEL FIENO
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NOVEL OF FERRARA (HB)
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POEMS
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SELECTED POEMS (PB)
SKY NAILS
SKY NAILS (PB)
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THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (HB)
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