by Giorgio Bassani · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804320555
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a novel by the Italian writer Giorgio Bassani, published in 1962. The story takes place in Ferrara, Italy, before and during World War II, and narrates the relationship between the narrator and the Jewish family of the Finzi-Continis. The novel explores themes such as love, friendship, loss, and the persecution of Jews in Fascist Italy. The Finzi-Contini family lives in a large villa with a splendid garden, where the children Alberto and Micol invite a group of Jewish young people, excluded from the local tennis club, to play on their tennis court. The narrator is among them, and as friendships, political discussions, and loves arise, Micol decides not to reciprocate the feeling that is being born between her and the narrator, which anticipates the tragic conclusions of the story.
Giorgio Bassani was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and intellectual.
