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Decameron Vol. II di 3

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Il libro narra di un gruppo di giovani (sette ragazze e tre ragazzi) che, durante l'epidemia di peste del 1348, incontratisi nella chiesa di Santa Maria Novella, decidono di rifugiarsi sulle colline presso Firenze. Per due settimane, l'«onesta brigata» si intrattiene serenamente con passatempi vari, e in particolare raccontando a turno delle novelle. Poiché il venerdì e il sabato non si narrano novelle, queste coprono un periodo di dieci giorni, come indica il titolo dell'opera - in greco deka emeròn, dieci giornate - per un totale di 100 novelle.
Le tavole di Guttuso, Manzù e Vespignani sono state create appositamente per quest'opera.

267 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 1977

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Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular. Boccaccio is particularly notable for his dialogue, of which it has been said that it surpasses in verisimilitude that of just about all of his contemporaries, since they were medieval writers and often followed formulaic models for character and plot.

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