A reissue as a Carcanet Classic of Quasimodos Complete Poems. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959 "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our times".
Jack Bevan's remarkable translation of Quasimodo's entire poetic oeuvre (Anvil, 1983), redesigned and reissued in 2017. Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1959 for `his lyrical poetry which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our time'. Jack Bevan's remarkable translation of Quasimodo's entire ......
Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives brings together creative literary works and scholarly articles. Both address the changes and challenges to identity formation in an Italy marked by the migrations, populism, nationalism, and xenophobia, and analyze diversity and the affirmation of belonging.
Contemporary Italian Diversity in Critical and Fictional Narratives brings together creative literary works and scholarly articles. Both address the changes and challenges to identity formation in an Italy marked by the migrations, populism, nationalism, and xenophobia, and analyze diversity and the affirmation of belonging.
50 short walks and all-day hikes in the Italian Dolomites
Guide to day walks in the Italian Dolomites. The 50 graded walks range from short leisurely strolls to full-day high-mountain expeditions, each designed to fit into a single day. The Dolomites offer fantastic walking from June to September and can easily be reached from Verona, Treviso, Venice and Innsbruck airports.
During the first years of the Second World War, Italian commandos demonstrated how effective a weapon the frogman could be. Concealed by the water, the Decima Flottiglia MAS mined Allied ships as they were moored in their own harbours, severely reducing British naval power in the Mediterranean. This is the story of their determination and bravery.
This story of Athens' tragic defeat in its attempt to subdue Sicily during the war between Athens and Sparta, discusses the social and political context, the ideas about religion, women, foreigners, and slaves during the great intellectual blossoming of fifth century Athens, and the complex relationship between democracy and empire.
There was a time when I thought eating sweets, meant gluttony.
Until 1998, on the first of many journeys to what I wish was my motherland; Italy. Things were done differently there it seemed. Evidently, energy and intent was sifted through mouth-watering treats. And why? To bring people together. To ......
