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The Story of King Lear (Hardcover)
Melania G Mazzucco; Illustrated by Emanuela Orciari; Translated by Virginia Jewiss; Designed by Emanuela Orciari
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Old King Lear has decided to retire from his royal duties. He calls
his three daughters to him, and asks each to tell him how much they
love him. The eldest two, Goneril and Regan, flatter him with their
words. Cordelia - the youngest and, until now, his favourite - only
says that she loves him as a daughter must love her father.
Furious, he disinherits her and divides his kingdom between her two
sisters. But Goneril and Regan soon turn against Lear, forcing him
to wander in the wilderness with only his court jester for company,
desperately hoping for a reconciliation with Cordelia... Praise for
the Save the Story series:'Enticing, generously sized and dashingly
illustrated... brilliantly told by top-flight novelists, they are
fresh, idiosyncratic and winning' Guardian 'This handsomely
illustrated series... offers younger readers vivid, accessible
first encounters with some literary heavyweights' Metro Melania G.
Mazzucco was born in Rome in 1966, and studied Italian literature
and cinema. She has written award-winning novels and works for the
cinema, theatre and radio, and is a contributor to The New York
Times, El Pais and la Repubblica, among many others. Her novel Vita
(published in English by Picador in 2006) won Mazzucco the 2003
Strega Prize, Italy's leading literary award.
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VITA (Paperback)
Melania G Mazzucco; Translated by Virginia Jewiss
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In April 1903, Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine, are sent
by their poor families in Southern Italy to make a life in America.
Theirs is an unforgettable love story, a tale of immigrant survival
and hope that takes them from the crime-ridden tenements of Little
Italy to the brutal rail yards of the Midwest.
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