The Viceroys: A Novel - Softcover

Roberto, Federico

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784782564 ISBN 13: 9781784782566

Publisher: Verso, 2016

Synopsis

this is an original hardback copy, Aldo Garzanti, editore, Milan, 1959, English translation , MacGibbon & Kee Ltd 1962, good condition , green cloth, lacks dust wrapper, internally very fine

About this title

Review:

'A unique combination of naturalistic lucidity over the fate of impoverished aristocracies, and a Goya-like inventiveness in extracting from social disintegration a whole gallery of grotesques and monstrosities ... a superb lesson in how coarse and rancid the collapse of a ruling class actually is.' --Franco Moretti

'Undoubtedly a classic.' --Fredric Jameson

'A skilfully crafted novel. De Roberto's technique is so confident, the Verso Classics timing and rhythm of the narration are so controlled and constant.' --Leonardo Sciascia, author of The Day of the Owl

“Verso Books has done a good deed in this timely republication of a remarkable novel. The capriciousness, the blind avarice and superstition, the arrogance and unearned license that the Uzedas embody cannot but resonate today.” – The Nation

About the Author:

Federico De Roberto (1861-1927) was an Italian writer, who became well-known for his novel I Vicerč (1894), translated as The Viceroys. He began his writing career as a journalist for national newspapers, where he met Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana. Verga introduced him into the literary circles of Milan. He wrote several books, and in 1894 his novel I Vicerč was published.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784782564
• ISBN 13: 9781784782566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640