A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English
translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of
Italian Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Italy.
Each story appears in the original Italian alongside an expert English translation providing
unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a
spellbinding tale of the supernatural to a powerful portrait of post-war Italy this revelatory
collection includes works from beloved authors Italo Calvino Fausta Cialente Alba de
Céspedes Grazia Deledda Natalia Ginzburg Elsa Morante Lalla Romano Umberto Saba Alberto
Savinio and Elio Vittorini.
