The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141188362
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $24.99

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

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New translation by the poet Jamie McKendrick

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towards its doom. Vittorio De Sica turned the book into a film in 1970, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974.
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141188362
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Powerful new translations . . . Bassani began as a poet, and McKendrick's redelivery of this taut uncompromising fiction reveals resonance and generosity

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