Tales of My Native Town:

by Gabriele d'Annunzio

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Genres: Italy

287 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1920

About the author

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso (12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938), was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and later political life from 1914 to 1924. He was often referred to under the epithets Il Vate ("the Poet") or Il Profeta ("the Prophet").

D'Annunzio combined in his work naturalism, symbolism, and erotic images, becoming the best interpreter of European Decadence in post-Risorgimento Italy.

His love affairs, relationship with the world-famous actress Eleanora Duse, heroic adventures during World War I, and his occupation of Fiume in 1919 made him a legend in his own time.

Reviews

[Bobby Daugherty]

Kind of similar to Hemingway. I would have liked this more had I read it 30 years ago.

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

The hero--3
The Countess of Amalfi--1
The return of Turlendana--2
Turlendana drunk--
The gold pieces--
Sorcery--2
The idolaters--
Mungia--
The downfall of Candia--3
The death of the Duke of Ofena--
The war of the bridge--
The virgin Anna--
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