Neapolitan chronicles
By: Anna Maria Ortese ; translated by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee
Contributors: Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator; McPhee, Jenny, translator
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781939931511
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Description and travel; Fiction
Work titles: Mare non bagna Napoli
Description: A riveting classic of European literature, this superb collection of fiction and reportage is set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis--Naples--in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These writings helped inspire Elena Ferrante's best-selling novels and she has expressed deep admiration for the author of this volume, originally edited in Italian by Italo Calvino. Goyaesque in its depiction of the widespread suffering and brutal desperation that plagued the city, it comprises a mix of masterful storytelling and piercing journalism. This book, with its unforgettable portrait of Naples high and low, is also a stunning literary companion to the great neorealist films of the era by directors such as Vittorio de Sica and Roberto Rossellini. Neapolitan Chronicles is exquisitely rendered in English by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee, two of the leading translators working from Italian today.
Notes: Translation of: Il mare non bagna Napoli.

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: A pair of eyeglasses; title: Family interior; title: The gold of forcella; title: The involuntary city; title: The silence of reason.