Ten young Florentines flee the Black Death of 1348 by escaping to a country villa overlooking the city. There they spend ten days telling each other one hundred stories. Their stories run the gamut of medieval genres-romance,tragedy,comedy and farce-and are rich with wit,earthiness and even bawdy irreverence.
Boccaccio's reputation as one of the world's greatest authors rests entirely on this singular,overflowing work. A tribute to the essential power of storytelling and laughter,even in the most trying times,The Decameron has been a source and inspiration for countless other storytellers over the centuries. Published on the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth,Wayne A. Rebhorn's Decameron now speaks to us directly in a "lively,contemporary... English" (Stephen Greenblatt).
Publisher: WW Norton & CoISBN: 9780393350265Weight: 773 gDimensions: 211 x 140 x 46 mm
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"An inexhaustibly rich late-medieval feast... a celebration of the sheer pleasure of being alive.""...fluent and elegant new translation...His (Rebhorn's) introduction and notes are all we could wish for and the achievement genuinely honours its original."
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