The Decameron - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Giovanni Boccaccio, Wayne A. Rebhorn (Translator)Publish date:2014-12-08Pages:1024
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393350265ISBN-10:393350266UPC:9780393350265Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, ClassicsSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.80 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCCX1W51MX
The Decameron
The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines--seven women and three men--escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each other stories--tales of romance, tragedy, comedy, and farce--one hundred in all. The result, called by one critic "the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393350265ISBN-10:393350266UPC:9780393350265Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, ClassicsSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.80 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCCX1W51MX
Rebhorn, Wayne A.: - Wayne A. Rebhorn is the Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas, where he teaches English, Italian, and comparative literature. His translation of Boccaccio's Decameron won the 2014 PEN Center USA's Literary Award for Translation.
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