Racconti sardi

by Grazia Deledda

I suoi numerosissimi scritti, ispirati alla vita agro-pastorale della Barbagia le diedero larga fama in Italia e all’estero. Fu in corrispondenza con i maggiori scrittori dell’epoca. Ottenne nel 1926 il premio Nobel per la letteratura. I suoi romanzi, tradotti in moltissime lingue, l’hanno fatta considerare la maggiore espressione della letteratura sarda del 1900.

Genres: Short Stories, Italian Literature, Fiction

94 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1894

About the author

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e. Sardinia] and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general". She was the first Italian woman to receive the prize, and only the second woman in general after Selma Lagerlöf was awarded hers in 1909.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started this book before a trip to Sardinia and finished it afterwards. Though it appears that it took me months to read it, given that these are short stories, I could pick it up and put it down at will. Deledda's prose is magical. Full of description evoked by strategically chosen words, both for their rhythm and sound, as for their precision and efficacy: creating a vision for the reader that is subtle and beautiful.

In addition to wonderful writing, Dekedda captures the Sardinian way of life through her choice of subject, never expistulating, always telling a story.

[Stef Smulders · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aardige, simpele volksverhaaltjes met een vleugje Sardijns landschap en cultuur.

[Eva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Korta berättelser från Sardinien på en klar och vacker italienska. Detta är ett litet urval från Deleddas hundratals utgivna noveller. Urvalet är brett och speglar allt från Sardiniens natur och människor, om vidskepelse och tro och smärtsamma känslor när kärleken pockar.
Lättlästa sköna texter även för mig som inte har italienska som modersmål.

[Sandra LaBookolica · Rating 4 out of 5]

raccolta di racconti brevi della prima ed unica donna italiana ad aver vinto il nobel per la letteratura.

[Camila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Um dos meus livros de contos mais querido!