A new translation of Bassani's moving novel of childhood friendship and the unexpected loss of innocence.
Giorgio Bassani (Author)
Giorgio Bassani was born in 1916. From 1938 onwards he became
involved in various anti-fascist activities for which he was
imprisoned in 1943. His works include The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles,
and Five Stories of Ferrara (Within the Walls), which won the
Strega Prize. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis was awarded the
Viareggio Prize in 1962 and was made into a feature film.
Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and
one of its great artists
*Guardian*
Powerful new translations . . . Bassani began as a poet, and
McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals
resonance and generosity
*Ali Smith*
No one else writes about time like this. Bassani is deeply
unsettling and yet a joy to read.
*Jewish Chronicle*
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