01455cam a2200193 4500 771710890 TxAuBib 20190920120000.0 190909s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780241299838 HRD 30.00 0241299837 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib Lahiri, Jhumpa (EDT). The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories [Book] / Edited by Jhumpa Lahiri. Penguin Group USA, 2019. 492 p. This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. his wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself. 20190920.