Italian women who write fantasy literature have no female models to draw from. Hipkins (Italian, University of Exeter, UK) explores how this causes them to create their own literary space but also how
In the 1860s, when Japan is still closed to foreigners, Herve Joncour, a young French merchant, makes a series of clandestine journeys across Siberia to Japan, at first to purchase silkworm eggs, and
A bold re-imagining of our civilization’s greatest tale of war, from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Silk.In An Iliad, Alessandro Baricco re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of twe
Primo Levi, one of the most admired of Holocaust writers and survivors, was the author of a rich body of work, including memoirs and reflections on Auschwitz and also poetry, science fiction, historic
Matilde Serao is often considered the most successful Italian woman journalist of the nineteenth century as well as an important novelist and fiction writer. A keen observer of life and a political ac
According to Herodotus, not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors perished during the Battle of Thermopylae: Two were spared. Spartan is their story.This is the epic tale of a noble Spartan famil
With an ear for dialogue that may be compared to Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, and Ernest Hemingway, Sicilian writer Maria Messina presents the captivating and brutal realities of women living in early-t
Daniel is the thirty-three-year-old heir to the checkered fortunes of the Sonninos, a Jewish-Italian family whose rise and fall provides the backdrop to this tragicomedy. Daniel is on bad terms with
This anthology serves as a literary map to guide readers through the varied geography of contemporary Italian fiction. Massimo Riva has gathered English-language translations of short stories and exce
Italian literary superstar Niccolò Ammaniti’s debut novel, I’m Not Scared, prompted gushing praise, hit international best-seller lists, and was made into a smash indie film. With hi
Who is Lou Sciortino?, Ottavio Cappellani's Mafia comedy, takes us into the unhinged world of a family that makes the Sopranos look like the Waltons.Growing up on the streets of New York, young Lou S
Italy, 1945. The war has finally ended and the country is in shambles. Law enforcement agencies are grasping to regain the people's trust. Cells of demobilized Resistance fighters have stepped into t
Twenty-one essays presented by Grundtvig (Italian, U. of Copenhagen, Denmark), McLauglin (Italian studies, U. of Oxford, UK), and Petersen (Italian, U. of Copenhagen) examine the relationship between
The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri?s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri?s crim
A Tranquil Star, the first new American collection of Primo Levi previously untranslated fiction toappear since 1990, affirms his position as one of the twentieth century's most enduring w
Massimo Carlotto's odyssey began in 1976 when, as a member of a militant leftwing organization that had fallen awry of the ruling powers, he was arrested and falsely accused of murder. Unwilling to p
