The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Penguin Modern Classics)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Penguin Modern Classics) by Giorgio Bassani, translated by Jamie Mckendrick
English | December 14, 2017 (2007) | ISBN: 0141188367, ASIN: B076HD3VDF | AZW3 | 288 pages | 0.5 MB
English | December 14, 2017 (2007) | ISBN: 0141188367, ASIN: B076HD3VDF | AZW3 | 288 pages | 0.5 MB
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.