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The Decameron

Af: Giovanni Boccaccio Engelsk Paperback

The Decameron

Af: Giovanni Boccaccio Engelsk Paperback
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In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...

Taken from the Greek, meaning ''ten-day event'', Boccaccio''s Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella, hiding her lover in a tub, to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare .

Translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam

''McWilliam''s finest work, his translation of Boccaccio''s Decameron remains one of the most successful and lauded books in the series''
The Times

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In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...

Taken from the Greek, meaning ''ten-day event'', Boccaccio''s Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella, hiding her lover in a tub, to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare .

Translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam

''McWilliam''s finest work, his translation of Boccaccio''s Decameron remains one of the most successful and lauded books in the series''
The Times

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 1072
ISBN-13: 9780140449303
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0140449302
Udg. Dato: 27 mar 2003
Længde: 53mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 194mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 27 mar 2003
Forfatter(e): Giovanni Boccaccio
Forfatter(e) Giovanni Boccaccio


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ISBN-13 9780140449303


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 1072


Udgave


Længde 53mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 194mm


Udg. Dato 27 mar 2003


Oplagsdato 27 mar 2003


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd