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Item Details
Title:
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THE DECAMERON
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By: |
Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn (Trans) |
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Paperback |

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£12.99 |
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£11.04 |
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ISBN 10: |
0393350266 |
ISBN 13: |
9780393350265 |
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Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
Pub. date: |
8 December, 2014 |
Pages: |
1024 |
Description: |
"Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation...I celebrate his accomplishment."-Edith Grossman |
Synopsis: |
Ten young Florentines flee the Black Death of 1348 by escaping to a country villa overlooking the city. There they spend ten days telling each other one hundred stories. Their stories run the gamut of medieval genres-romance, tragedy, comedy and farce-and are rich with wit, earthiness and even bawdy irreverence. Boccaccio's reputation as one of the world's greatest authors rests entirely on this singular, overflowing work. A tribute to the essential power of storytelling and laughter, even in the most trying times, The Decameron has been a source and inspiration for countless other storytellers over the centuries. Published on the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, Wayne A. Rebhorn's Decameron now speaks to us directly in a "lively, contemporary... English" (Stephen Greenblatt). |
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US |
Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
Prizes: |
Winner of PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation 2014 |
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