Table of Contents
Introduction Jhumpa Lahiri ix
A Note on the Citation of Titles and Their Translations xxiii
Name and Tears Elio Vittorini 3
Picturesque Lives Giovanni Verga 9
The Siren Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa 19
Against Time Antonio Tabucchi 45
Generous Wine Italo Svevo 57
The Long Voyage Leonardo Sciascia 75
Bago Alberto Savinio 83
The Hen Umberto Saba 91
The Lady Lalla Romano 101
The Tower Fabrizia Ramondino 113
The Trap Luigi Pirandello 125
Wedding Trip Cesare Pavese 135
Melancholy Goffredo Parise 151
Silence Aldo Palazzeschi 159
A Pair of Eyeglasses Anna Maria Ortese 173
The Other Side of the Moon Alberto Moravia 191
The Ambitious Ones Elsa Morante 199
Sixteen, Twenty-one, Twenty-eight and Thirty-seven from Centuria Giorgio Manganelli 209
Quaestio de Centauris Primo Levi 217
Gogol's Wife Tommaso Landolfi 231
My Husband Natalia Ginzburg 245
The Mother Carlo Emilio Gadda 261
A Martian in Rome Ennio Flaiano 275
The Smell of Death Beppe Fenoglio 289
Life as a Couple Luce D'Eramo 299
The Milliner Antonio Delfini 309
The Hind Grazia Deledda 317
Invitation to Dinner Alba De Céspedes 327
Elegy for Signora Nodier Silvio D'Arzo 337
Malpasso Fausta Cialente 347
At the Station Carlo Cassola 355
The Golden Nut Cristina Campo 361
Dialogue with a Tortoise Italo Calvino 375
And Yet They Are Knocking at Your Door Dino Buzzati 381
The Miraculous Beach, or, Prize for Modesty Massimo Bontempelli 395
A Geographical Error Romano Bilenchi 403
The Streetwalker Luciano Bianciardi 415
Miss Anna Banti 435
The Baboon Giovanni Arpino 449
Barefoot Corrado Alvaro 457
Notes 463
Chronology 467
Further Reading 479
Acknowledgements 481
Copyright Information 485
About the Translators 491