The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Contributors: I. Quigly (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Quartet Books
Published: September 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780704301054
Subjects: Historical fiction; Modern fiction; Fiction
Description: Aristocratic, rich and seemingly aloof, the Finzi-Contini family fascinate the narrator of this tale, a young Jew in the Italian city of Ferrara. But it is not until he is a student in 1938, when anti-semitic legislation is enforced on the eve of the Second World War, that he is invited into their luxurious estate. As their gardens become a haven for persecuted Jews, the narrator becomes entwined in the lives of the family, and particularly close to Micòl, their daughter. Many years after the war has ended, he reflects on his memories of the Finzi-Continis, his experiences of love and loss and the fate of the family and community in the horrors of war.