Evening Descends Upon The Hills (Stories from Naples) by Anna Maria Ortese, Ann Goldstein (Translator), Jenny McPhee (Translator)

Evening Descends Upon The Hills (Stories from Naples) by Anna Maria Ortese, Ann Goldstein (Translator), Jenny McPhee (Translator)A stunning classic set in Italys most vibrant and turbulent metropolis Naples in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These lively and superbly written stories helped inspire Elena Ferrantes Neapolitan novels. Orteses work was also championed by Italo Calvino, who was her Italian editor. The stories and reportage collected in this volume form a powerful portrait of ordinary lives, both high and low, family dramas, love affairs, and struggles to

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