Collection: Language Learning Fiction

Scope and content: "The eight stories in this collection, by Moravia, Pavese, Pratolini and other modern writers, have been selected as representative of contemporary Italian writing." -back cover.

Eleven great stories in original Italian with vivid, accurate English translations on facing pages, teaching and practice aids, Italian-English vocabulary, more. Chronologically arranged stories by Boccaccio, Machiavelli, d'Annunzio, Pirandello and Moravia, plus significant works by lesser-knowns.

Dal fondatore di Emergency Gino Strada, al danzatore Roberto Bolle, dalla campionessa paralimpica Bebe Vio all’astronauta Samantha Cristoforetti, dieci uomini e donne che hanno reso grande il nome dell’Italia nel mondo. Conosciamo insieme la vita, gli ideali, la profonda umanità e la straordinari...

Selected adapted stories from Il giardino incantato, Il visconte dimezzato, Il barone rampante, Il cavaliere inesistente, Il castello dei destini incrociati, Le città invisibili, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore, Gli amori difficili, Marcovaldo, and Palomar.

Selected adapted stories from Il giardino incantato, Il visconte dimezzato, Il barone rampante, Il cavaliere inesistente, Il castello dei destini incrociati, Le città invisibili, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore, Gli amori difficili, Marcovaldo, and Palomar.

"Dans une résidence tranquille de la banlieue parisienne , il se passe des choses vraiment bizarres. Colette, une vieille dame dynamique qui habite l'immeuble depuis deux mois, n'y comprend rien! D'où viennent ces feuilles qui tombent sur son balcon? Qui sont ces étranges individus du sixième éta...

After Adrian leaves his wife Chloé and their two little girls, Adrian's father tries to bring comfort to the distraught family.

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A collection of quirky short stories about life in modern-day France. The characters of these twelve stories are full of new hopes, futile dreams, and despair. They do not seek to change the world. Whatever happens to them, they have nothing to prove. They are not heroic. Just human. You come acr...

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