{"product_id":"the-novel-of-ferrara-9780393358605","title":"The Novel of Ferrara","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the masters of twentieth-century literature, Giorgio Bassani and his northern Italian hometown of Ferrara \"are as inseparable as James Joyce and Dublin or Italo Svevo and Trieste\" (from the Introduction). \u003cem\u003eThe Novel of Ferrara\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Bassani's six classics, fully revised by the author at the end of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet before, during, and after the Second World War, these interlocking stories present nuanced and unforgettable characters: the respected doctor whose homosexuality is exposed by an exploitative youth; the survivor of the Nazi death camps; the Jewish landowner, returned from exile, to find himself utterly displaced; the schoolteacher whose Communist idealism challenges a postwar generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuffused with new life by acclaimed translator and poet Jamie McKendrick, \u003cem\u003eThe Novel of Ferrara\u003c\/em\u003e memorializes a city deeply informed by the Jewish community to which the narrator belongs. This seminal work seals Bassani's indomitable reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBassani, Giorgio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGiorgio Bassani\u003c\/strong\u003e (1916-2000) was a renowned Italian author, editor, and critic who spent his youth in Ferrara. After brief imprisonment for anti-Fascist activities, he remained in Rome until his death.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKendrick, Jamie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJamie McKendrick\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and translator born in Liverpool and living in Oxford, England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAciman, André:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAndré Aciman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of several novels including \u003cem\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFind Me\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHarvard Square\u003c\/em\u003e, the memoir \u003cem\u003eOut of Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e, and two books of essays. He is also the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Proust Project\u003c\/em\u003e. He teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he directs the Writers' Institute. Aciman lives with his wife and family in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478251082002,"sku":"9780393358605","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f1b8c2d-04cd-4caf-b01c-260ad1ef3270.jpg?v=1730292360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-novel-of-ferrara-9780393358605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}