- Jews, Fiction, Jewish families, Literarne s tudije
Giorgio Bassani's acclaimed novel of unrequited love and the plight of the Italian Jews on the brink of World War II has become a classic of modern Italian literature. Made into an Academy Award - winning film in 1970, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a richly evocative and nostalgic depiction of prewar Italy.
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Giorgio Bassani
- First published
- 1962
- Pages
- 293
- Publisher
- Todavia, Brand: Fastbook, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Editions
- 52
- Language
- Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9788432218484
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