- Published: 19 May 2020
- ISBN: 9780241299852
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $27.99
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories
- Published: 19 May 2020
- ISBN: 9780241299852
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $27.99
A fantastically rich - and beautiful - anthology that's teaching me a lot
Chris Power
A feast . . . her choice of 40 authors embraces familiar greats and sows them with fascinating additions . . . they remind us of the short story's playfulness, it's ability to move us with unexpected sharpness while it experiments with voices, styles and boundaries
Julian Evans, Telegraph
Jhumpa Lahiri has pulled off something quite striking here: a literary anthology that sparkles with invention and variety, makes a remarkably convincing case for the vitality of the modern Italian short story and also beguiles, thanks to her sharp-eyed work as editor, compiler and part-translator.
Robert S C Gordon, Literary Review
Taken one by one, each story in this volume is a jewel. Taken all together, the book is a remarkable introduction to Italian literature and a great gift to the English-speaking reader. Remarkable stories from a wide range of writers describe the mundane and the fantastic, the everyday and the sublime.
Kirkus
An enticing collection . . . a remarkable sample of the literary form . . . the tales are by turns startling, moving, intriguing and provocative; they bring melancholy, humour and a dose of the uncanny.
Vilma de Gasperin, TLS
The best anthology of its kind I've read
John Self, Observer