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  • The Novel of Ferrara

    Giorgio Bassani's six classic books, collected for the first time in English as the epic masterwork they were intended to be. Among the masters of twentieth-century literature, Giorgio Bassani and his Northern Italian hometown of Ferrara "are as i...

  • Within the Walls

    A new translation of Giorgio Bassani''s award winning collection of novellas, which inspired his masterpiece The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.

    A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between ...

  • The Smell of Hay

    A new translation of Giorgio Bassani's haunting collection of short stories that evoke 1930s Ferrara, with an introduction by Ali Smith. Isolated lives and a lost world are evoked in these memorable stories set in the Jewish-Italian community of 1930...

  • The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles

    Into the insular town of 1930s Ferrara, a new doctor arrives. Fadigati is hopeful and modern, and more than anything wants to fit into his new home. But his fresh, appealing appearance soon crumbles when the townsfolk discover his homosexuality, and ...

  • Heron

    ''Exquisite. . . a classic tour de force'' The New York Times

    ''It struggled to keep itself aloft, to gain height. But then it suddenly gave up, and dropped as though it were breaking into many pieces''

    Early on a cold Sunday morning, ...

  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

    The story of a wealthy, insular Jewish family in Fascist Italy just before the outbreak of World War II. The source of an acclaimed feature film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Translated by William Weaver.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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  • Behind the Door

    ''It was useless to think I''d ever be able to throw open the door behind which I was yet again hiding ... Not now. Not ever.''

    School is a place of unspoken hierarchies and rivalries for a young teenage boy growing up in the provincial town...

  • Five stories of Ferrara



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Giorgio Bassani has published 8 books.

Giorgio Bassani does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Novel of Ferrara, was published in October 2018.

The first book by Giorgio Bassani, Five stories of Ferrara, was published in January 1971.

No. Giorgio Bassani does not write books in series.