The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles
  • Published: 16 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141192154
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99

The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles

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26 Apr 2012
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16 Apr 2012
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A brand new translation of another novel in the Ferrara sequence which includes The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and the young man he pays to be his lover humiliates him publicly.

As anti-Semitism spreads across Italy, the Jewish narrator of the tale begins to feel pity for the ostracized doctor, as the fickle nature of a community changing under political forces becomes clear. The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles is a gripping and tragic study of how lives can be destroyed by those we consider our neighbours.
  • Published: 16 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141192154
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $29.99
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Also by Giorgio Bassani

The Novel of Ferrara
The Heron
Behind the Door
Within The Walls
The Smell of Hay
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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Praise for The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles

Singular . . . The town of Ferrara and its inhabitants are realized with an extraordinary clarity

Guardian

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

Ali Smith