The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

by Giorgio Bassani

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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.

Author: Giorgio Bassani
Format: Paperback, 288 pages, 128mm x 197mm, 213 g
Published: 2007, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Historical & Mythological Fiction

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780141188362-RETAIL
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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.