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This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

Table of Contents
Short Stories in ItalianIntroduction

The Long Crossing
Leonardo Siascia (1921-89)
Translated by Avril Bardoni

Italy
Goffredo Parise (1929-86)
Translated by Nick Roberts

The Girl with the Plait
Dacia Maraini (1936- )
Translated by Sharon Wood

The Last Channel
Italo Calvino (1923-87)
Translated by Tim Parks
Lilith
Primo Levi (1919-87)
Translated by Ruth Feldman
The Island of Komodo
Susanna Tamaro (1957- )
Translated by Charles Caroe and Chris Roberts
Women by the Pool
Sandra Petrignani (1952- )
Translated by Sharon Wood
A Naughty Schoolboy
Stefano Benni (1947- )
Translated by Nick Roberts
Saturday Afternoons
Antonio Tabucchi (1943- )
Translated by Edward Williams

Notes on Italian texts
Acknowledgments

Italian Short Stories Racconti Italiano New

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 30 September 1999
      ISBN-13 9780140265408
      978-0140265408
      ISBN-10 0140265406
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

      Table of Contents
      Short Stories in ItalianIntroduction

      The Long Crossing
      Leonardo Siascia (1921-89)
      Translated by Avril Bardoni

      Italy
      Goffredo Parise (1929-86)
      Translated by Nick Roberts

      The Girl with the Plait
      Dacia Maraini (1936- )
      Translated by Sharon Wood

      The Last Channel
      Italo Calvino (1923-87)
      Translated by Tim Parks
      Lilith
      Primo Levi (1919-87)
      Translated by Ruth Feldman
      The Island of Komodo
      Susanna Tamaro (1957- )
      Translated by Charles Caroe and Chris Roberts
      Women by the Pool
      Sandra Petrignani (1952- )
      Translated by Sharon Wood
      A Naughty Schoolboy
      Stefano Benni (1947- )
      Translated by Nick Roberts
      Saturday Afternoons
      Antonio Tabucchi (1943- )
      Translated by Edward Williams

      Notes on Italian texts
      Acknowledgments

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