{"product_id":"butterfly-of-dinard-isbn-9781681378169","title":"Butterfly of Dinard","description":"\u003cb\u003eFifty autobiographical short stories about childhood, life in Italy  before and after World War II, and growing old in Milan by the winner of  the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the most celebrated  Italian poets of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great poet Eugenio Montale was also a remarkable writer of prose whose stories appeared regularly in the Italian newspaper \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eButterfly of Dinard\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of fifty of those stories, pieces about “silly and trivial things which are at the same time important,” whose sprightliness, subtle irony, and conversational ease defy the limits of traditional fiction. Taken together, they form a sort of autobiographical novel, evoking people, objects, and animals dear to the poet, while simultaneously shedding light on the social, cultural, and political events of the day. The book begins with Montale’s childhood in Liguria and goes on to explore his adult life in pre-Fascist Florence and the onset of Fascism. The last part of the book, focusing on his final years in Milan, forms what Jonathan Galassi in his introduction calls “a mosaic self-portrait of the writer himself, a bumbling yet proud, memory-obsessed Chaplinesque antihero, who sees himself as the only surviving, if unwilling, witness to a disappearing world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories were first published in book form in 1956; Montale added further stories to subsequent editions, culminating in the final 1973 edition.\u003ci\u003e Butterfly of Dinard\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete translation of this edition and includes five stories never before translated into English.“This might be the most delightful book I read all year….You can read each story in five or ten minutes and feel cheered afterwards.” —J\u003ci\u003eohn Self, The Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories feel casual and light—they are mostly small scenes and portraits—but to slight them would be a mistake. These are gemlike miniatures from a culture of talk, eccentricity and loss; sometimes surreal, or at least inflected by dream.\" — David Mason, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eButterfly of Dinard\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming collection of memories pinned down and displayed with care and gentle affection.” —Michael Glitz, \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e, ‘25 Best New Book Releases’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bradley’s translation coveys Montale’s wistfulness, longing and imagination…. The collection shows the workings of the poet’s mind and perhaps his method.” —John Skoyles, \u003ci\u003eOn the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The eccentrics, charmers and ne’er-do-wells that populate its pages are portrayed in consistently delightful, funny \u003ci\u003eamuse-bouches\u003c\/i\u003e which recall that other great Italian voice Italo Calvino…. \u003ci\u003eButterfly of Dinard\u003c\/i\u003e has empathy … irony and joy amidst the darkness of its time.” —John Self, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugenio Montale\u003c\/b\u003e (1896–1981) was an Italian writer, editor, and translator. Born in Genoa, Montale trained to be an opera singer in his youth, but following his service in World War I and the death of his voice teacher, he turned his focus to poetry. Upon publishing his first book, \u003ci\u003eCuttlefish Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1925, he was received by critics as an original and experimental poet during a time of upheaval in the Italian lyric tradition. He later became the chief literary critic for the Italian newspaper \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera \u003c\/i\u003eand published a range of poetry and prose works, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Occasions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Storm and Other Things.\u003c\/i\u003e He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOonagh Stransky\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Italian literature, most recently of Domenico Starnone's \u003ci\u003eVia Gemito\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).  She lives in Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarla Moffa\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of Italian literature. She lives in Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Galassi\u003c\/b\u003e is chairman and executive editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, as well as a poet and translator of Italian poetry, including the work of Giacomo Leopardi and Eugenio Montale. He lives in Brooklyn.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304786219237,"sku":"NP9781681378169","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681378169.jpg?v=1767723229","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/butterfly-of-dinard-isbn-9781681378169","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}