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Evening Descends Upon the Hills: Stories from Naples

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By (author): Anna Maria Ortese

Translated by: Ann Goldstein, Jenny McPhee

A stunning classic set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis - Naples - in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These lively and superbly written stories helped inspire Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. Ortese's work was also championed by Italo Calvino, who was her Italian editor. The stories and reportage collected in this volume form a powerful portrait of ordinary lives, both high and low, family dramas, love affairs, and struggles to pay the rent, set against the crumbling courtyards of the city itself, and the dramatic landscape of Naples Bay. This classic is exquisitely rendered in English by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee, two of the leading translators working from Italian today. Included in the collection is 'A Pair of Eyeglasses', one of the most widely praised Italian short stories of the last century. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 03 May 2018
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781782273356

About Anna Maria Ortese

Anna Maria Ortese (1914-1998) is one of the most celebrated and original Italian writers of the 20th century. Evening Descends Upon the Hills brought her widespread acclaim in her native country when it was first published in 1953 and won the prestigious Premio Viareggio.

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