| Cuore: The Heart of a Boy Contributor(s): De Amicis, Edmondo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0720612322 ISBN-13: 9780720612325 Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Required reading in Italian schools since 1886. Cuore is the most read classic in the country. Presented in the form of a diary, its subject is a young boy's life in Turn following Unification in 1870. The narrator Enrico, writes vividly of school life and the bustling city of vegetable-sellers, chimney sweeps, and carpenters all around him. Like Huck Finn or Dickens. Cuore has been adapted into just about every conceivable medium - there are films, major IV series, radio adaptations, plays and comic books. From Henry Miller who wrote a glowing monograph on the book, to world-famous tenor. Andrea Bocelli, who wrote a song about it this simple tale of childhood has inspired all kinds of people and continues to do so today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.18" W x 7.82" (0.61 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Representingthe "Huckleberry Finn" of Italy, this is the most read classic in the country. Presented in the form of a diary, its subject is a young boy's life in Turin following Unification in 1870. The narrator, Enrico, writes vividly of school life and the bustling city of vegetable-sellers, chimney sweeps, and carpenters all around him. Like Huck Finn or Dickens, Cuore has been adapted into just about every conceivable mediumfilms, majortelevision series, radio adaptations, plays, and evencomic books. It is a set text on courses from University College London to Harvard and is even a cult classic in Japan in its incarnation as an anime film. From Henry Miller, who wrote a glowing monograph on the book, to world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli, who wrote a song about it, this simple tale of childhood has inspired all kinds of people and continues to do so today." |