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Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
2022 Modern Library edition / First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 663 pages : 21 cm. map ;
Language
English
Description
"The Betrothed is an inextricable thread in the fabric of Italian culture, one of the most influential works in the Italian literary canon, and required reading in Italian schools. Published in 1827 but set two hundred years earlier, it is considered the first iteration of the historical novel; Edgar Allen Poe declared it "a work which promises to be the commencement of a new style in novel-writing" in 1835. But, until now, it has remained relatively...
2) Mediterranea
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Best friends Ayiva and Abas live hard lives in Burkina Faso and dream of a better future that seems to await them in Europe, as evidenced by the glittering snapshots they've seen on social media of an immigrant's life abroad. Making the dangerous journey through Africa and across the Mediterranean Sea, they end up in the Italian city of Rosarno, only to lead equally hard lives of long working hours, harsh living conditions, and animosity toward them....
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006?]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (368 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
A family epic spanning four decades of social unrest from the 1960s to the 1990s and incorporating such events in Italy's history as the hippy movement, the flood of Florence, the Red Brigades, Mafia scandals, kidnapping and political assassinations. The film focuses on Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo Carati, whose lives take very different paths, divided by politics but bonded by blood.
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