by Giovanni Verga · Mondadori Scuola · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804306801
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I Malavoglia is the most famous novel by Giovanni Verga, a masterpiece of Italian Verismo. It tells the story of a family of fishermen in the Sicilian village of Aci Trezza, whose lives are devastated by the shipwreck of their boat, the 'Provvidenza'. The narrative follows their struggle against misfortune and the changing social tides of the late 19th century.
Giovanni Carmelo Verga di Fontanabianca was an Italian realist (verista) writer. His novels I Malavoglia (1881) and Mastro-don Gesualdo (1889) are widely recognized as masterpieces. Verga has been called the greatest Italian novelist after Manzoni. D. H. Lawrence translated several of his works into English.
