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A Perfect Hoax by Italo Svevo; J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
Travelling salesman Enrico Gaia decides to play a trick on the conceited ageing litterateur Mario Samigli: he dupes him into thinking that a representative of a prestigious Viennese publishing house wants to commission a German translation of a long-forgotten novel Samigli had written and published at h ...Show more
Beowulf - A Verse Translation by J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Classics
Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring warriors in the hall of the Danish King in their sleep. The most important Old English poem ...Show more
Canti - The Most Important Book of Modern Italian Poetry by Giacomo Leopardi; J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Gift
First published in 1831, and here presented in a dual-language edition with annotations and additional reading material, Leopardi's poetical masterpiece is an unsurpassed anatomy of man's unhappiness on earth. Trapped between an admiration for the classical past and a disappointment in the impoverished ...Show more
Life in the Country by Giovanni Verga; J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
In this richly colorful collection of stories, a masterwork of Naturalistic writing, Giovanni Verga attempts to capture the very essence of Sicilian life. A licentious woman coerces her son-in-law into agreeing to an illicit affair; a young boy, forced to work down in a mine to make a living, is robbed ...Show more
Prophecies by Leonardo da Vinci; J. G. Nichols (Translator)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
Found in the Codex Atlanticus of Leonardo da Vinci 's writings and drawings, The Prophecies ' are a collection of enigmatic divinatory pronouncements, some punning and playful, others dire and ominous. While the author 's intentions behind these utterances are unclear, they clearly attest to the artist ...Show more
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