Anna Maria Ortese, Author McPherson $20 (2p) ISBN 978-0-929701-39-4
Ortese ( The Iguana ) has been a major force in Italian literature since her first volume appeared in 1937; her most recent book was published in Italy in 1987. The stories in this collection, the first of a projected two-volume set, are culled from
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Anna Maria Ortese, trans. from the Italian by Ann Goldstein and Jenny McPhee. New Vessel, $16.95 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-939931-5-11
Spanning fiction and reportage, this rueful collection (first published in Italy in 1953) depicts the wretched state Naples was left in after World War II. Ortese portrays the human dimension of the city’s poverty through short stories about the...
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Anna Maria Ortese, Author, Patrick Creagh, Translator Harvill Press $25 (336p) ISBN 978-1-86046-206-1
Teeming with graveyard visions, religious apparitions, omens, sprites and all things playfully paranormal, this rococo romance from renowned Italian novelist Ortese (1914-1998) boasts an elaborate structure and a deep interest in philosophical...
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Anna Maria Ortese, Author, Henry Martin, Translator McPherson $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-914232-95-7
A voyaging count stumbles on a tiny, uncharted island off Portugal. Taken in by the ruling family, he is offended by the cruel treatment of a servant who at first appears to be an old woman but is actually a young iguana. PW called this dazzling...
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