The smell of hay
Bassani, Giorgio, 1916-20002014
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These stories of the Jewish-Italian middle class of Ferrara seen on the eve of the Fascist anti-Semitic laws have a dimension of irony as well as wasted lives. Bassani returns to the city with the narrator of 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis', and his poignant mixture of intimacy and eloquence. Amongst some familiar places and characters from the previous novels - the Jewish Cemetery, the Lattes clan - there are glimpses of many other lives underpinned by impending tragedy.
Main title:
The smell of hay / by Giorgio Bassani ; translated by Jamie McKendrick.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2014.London : Penguin Classics, 2014.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9780141192123 (pbk)
Dewey class:
CLASSICS
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
1234357