description: Abba Abba is about two poets who may or may not have met in Rome in 1820-1821. One was John Keats, who was dying in a house on the Spanish Steps. The other was Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli a great poet, though little known outside Rome. The first part of the book is about Keats and Belli. The second part presents Belli himself as poet, translated by Mr. Burgess.
language: English
title: Abba Abba
titlecomplete: Abba Abba
genres: Fiction, Poetry, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 266
publisher: Faber