{"product_id":"cesare-zavattini-selected-writings-9781501317187","title":"Cesare Zavattini Selected Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/b\u003e makes available for the first time in English thirty-nine scenarios and two treatments. Each text is preceded by an introduction, providing an essential frame of reference to make these writings entirely accessible to the reader. While nearly all these texts belong to the post-war period, including the stories for major post-war classics, there are also seven pre-war \u003ci\u003eraccontini\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrative source of Zavattini's Modernist magical realism, several fictional interviews and faux reportage, tinged with irony aimed at Hollywood, complemented by several pre-war scenarios. The book also features scenarios for Luchino Visconti's \u003ci\u003eBellissima\u003c\/i\u003e, Alessandro Blasetti's \u003ci\u003eFirst Communion,\u003c\/i\u003e De Sica's \u003ci\u003eThe Roof\u003c\/i\u003e and texts encompassing Zavattini's ethnographic vision, from the redactions of\u003ci\u003e Italia mia\u003c\/i\u003e, interviews for \u003ci\u003eUn paese\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated with Paul Strand's photographs, to the scenarios for investigative documentaries, including\u003ci\u003e Why?, The Mysterie\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409309671767,"sku":"9781501317187","price":165.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501317187.jpg?v=1730506369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cesare-zavattini-selected-writings-9781501317187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}