The new Italian novel
By: edited by Zygmunt G. Barański and Lino Pertile.
Contributors: Barański, Zygmunt G.; Pertile, Lino.
Series: Writers of Italy
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Description: Three names dominate the Italian novel in the English-speaking world - Italo Calvino, Primo Levi and Umberto Eco. Yet since the late 1960s there have been many more important Italian writers whose work remains unknown outside Italy.

This ground-breaking book brings their writings to a wider audience, offering general critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of an international calibre. Central to most is a preoccupation with the relationship between writing and the world. The authors deal with a vast range of topics and periods - including present-day events, the past, and the problems faced by women and by society as a whole - but nearly all look at how such matters might be tackled in literature.

With each chapter written by an Italian specialist and a full introduction setting the novelists in their historical and cultural context, The New Italian Novel is essential reading for anyone wanting an English introduction to the best of Italian writing.
Notes: English, with some Italian.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Earlier drafts of a number of the chapters were presented and discussed at a conference organized by the Department of Italian at the University of Edingburgh in October 1990 and at the 1991 Symposium of the Society for Italian Studies"--P. [vii].
Table of contents: title: The Italian novel today : politics, language, literature / L. Pertile; title: Gesualdo Bufalino : baroque to the future / P. Hainsworth; title: Aldo Busi : writer, jester and moral historian / M. Bacigalupo; title: Gianni Celati : 'Fictions to believe in' / R. Lumley; title: Vincenzo Consolo : metaphors and false history / J. Farrell; title: Andrea De Carlo : the surface of consciousness / M. McLaughlin; title: Daniele Del Giudice : planimetry of sight/vision in three books / A. Dolfi; title: Francesca Duranti : reflections and inventions / S.W. Vinall; title: Rosetta Loy : the paradox of the past / S. Wood; title: Giuliana Morandini : outer and inner frontiers / E. Guagnini; title: Roberto Pazzi : dialogues of history and fantasy / P. Cooke; title: Fabrizia Ramondino : the muse of memory / J. Usher; title: Francesca Sanvitale : investigating the self and the world / A.H. Caesar; title: Antonio Tabucchi : splinters of existence / A.L. Lepschy; title: Pier Vittorio Tondelli : the calm after the storm / D. Zancani; title: Sebastiano Vassalli : literary lives / Z.G. Barański.