Description
| Product ID: | 9780140447415 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Giovanni Verga, G. H. McWilliam |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 , Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary, Short stories, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short stories |
| Description: | The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. The inspiration for Mascagni''s opera, ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' depicts a young man''s triumphal return home from the army, spoilt when he learns that his beloved is engaged to another man. Verga''s acute awareness of the hardships and aspirations of peasant life can be seen in stories such as ''Nedda'', ''Picturesque Lives'' and ''Black Bread'', while others such as ''The Reverend'' and ''Don Licciu Papa'' show the dominance of the church and the law in the Sicilian communities he portrays so vividly. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-06-24 |
