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title: "The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories (Penguin Classics Hardcover)"
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# The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories (Penguin Classics Hardcover)

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- **What is this?** The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories (Penguin Classics Hardcover)
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## Description

'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.

Review: Important collection - Really well edited, with a short explanation of the authors time and place and motivations for writing these stories. Highly recommended
Review: A feast of Italian literature. - This collection of great Italian authors is a feast of Italian literature served elegantly by a master of literature, Jhumpa Lahiri. I am still savoring every morsel.

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #547,119 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #149 in Italian Literature (Books) #201 in Classic Fiction Anthologies & Collections #289 in Classic Short Stories |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Important collection
*by R***G on January 10, 2025*

Really well edited, with a short explanation of the authors time and place and motivations for writing these stories. Highly recommended

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A feast of Italian literature.
*by S***E on November 16, 2019*

This collection of great Italian authors is a feast of Italian literature served elegantly by a master of literature, Jhumpa Lahiri. I am still savoring every morsel.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ But it's in English!
*by A***R on October 11, 2021*

I should have checked, I assumed Italian stories would include the Italian text. Like the edition of Lahiri's In Other Words which I'd ordered recently. My mistake.

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