I Malavoglia
The House by the Medlar Tree
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
I Malavoglia is one of the great landmarks of Italian Literature. It is so rich in character, emotion and texture that it lives forever in the imagination of all who read it. What Verga called in his preface a 'sincere and dispassionate study of society' is an epic struggle against poverty and the elements by the fishermen of Aci Trezza, told in an expressive language based on their own dialect. "Giovanni Verga's novel of 1881 I Malavoglia presented its translator Judith Landry with formidable problems of dialect and peasant speech which she has solved so unobtrusively that one wonders why this moving and tragic tale is so little known in England." Margaret Drabble in The Observer's Books of the Year
Customer Reviews
Difficult read but worth it
I am studying the great books at University, and I decided to read this book for fun and for close reading practice. I cannot yet read Italian well, but the translation was wonderful to read. The publishers reflections at the end of the text are very insightful. On a practical note, all of the Italian names in the book make it kind of hard to follow at times, but there is a helpful chart in the front. It was a difficult read, but I would recommend the book to anyone.