The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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Publishing Details
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
By (Author) Giorgio Bassani
Translated by Jamie McKendrick
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
1st March 2007
1st February 2007
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
853.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 131mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
232g
Description
New translation by the poet Jamie McKendrick 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.
Reviews
Powerful new translations . . . Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity -- Ali Smith
Author Bio
Giorgio Bassani was born in 1916. From 1938 onwards he became involved in various anti-fascist activities for which he was imprisoned in 1943. His works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles, The Heron, Behind the Door and Five Stories of Ferrara, which won the Strega Prize. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1962.
