The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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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
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.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis