Cuore The Heart of a Boy - UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.
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Representing the 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 medium-films, major television series, radio adaptations, plays, and even comic 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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780720612325 |
Publisher: | Peter Owen Publishers |
Imprint: | Peter Owen Publishers |
Pub date: | 01 May 2005 |
DEWEY: | 853.7 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 253 |
Weight: | 274g |
Height: | 196mm |
Width: | 131mm |
Spine width: | 18mm |