THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS by Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick (Trans) ( 9780141188362 )

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Title:

THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS

By:

Giorgio Bassani, Jamie McKendrick (Trans)

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0141188367

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9780141188362

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

1 February, 2007

Series:

Penguin Modern Classics

Pages:

288

Translated from:

Italian

Description:

A novel that aims to capture the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving towards its doom.

Synopsis:

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towards its doom. Vittorio De Sica turned the book into a film in 1970, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974.

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